A database used by the New York Police Department violates state law and the Constitution, the Legal Aid Society contends in a lawsuit. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York”
4-Year-Old and His Grandmother Were Killed by Poison, Police Say
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
There have been no arrests in the case, the police said, but the deaths of Wilhelm Ducatl and Tofoon Man are being investigated as homicides. Source: New York Times
Desperate Search for Those Missing in Bronx Fire: ‘We’re Still Waiting’
By Gotham Rex on January 11, 2022
Two days after the fire, the city released a partial list of the deceased. Source: New York Times
A Family Tried to Flee the Bronx Fire. Smoke Overwhelmed Them.
By Gotham Rex on January 10, 2022
The Dukuray family had left Gambia over a decade ago and settled into a top-floor apartment in the Bronx building that burned on Sunday. Source: New York Times
9/11 Victims Are Still Being Identified, 20 Years Later
By Gotham Rex on September 7, 2021
The medical examiner’s office is still working painstakingly to identify 9/11 victims. There are 1,106 victims whose remains have not been found. Source: New York Times
Trying to Find Your Mother’s Remains From Ground Zero, 20 Years Later
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2021
The medical examiner’s office is still working painstakingly to identify 9/11 victims. There are 1,106 victims whose remains have not been found. Source: New York Times
Why 530 Frozen Bodies Sit in a Brooklyn Warehouse
By Gotham Rex on December 26, 2020
In the first wave of Covid, the crush of bodies overwhelmed New York City’s capacity to deal with the dead. Now, the city is prepared if a second onslaught occurs. Source: New York Times