Coroner

2013​

• Identification Release (Galt PD Homicide Suspect)
• The Sacramento​ County Coroner's office has confirmed the identity of the suspect involved in the January 15, 2013 death of Galt Police Officer Kevin Tonn as Humphrey Kenneth Gascon.
  

2012

• Kia Vue Cause of death
• 10/06/2012 - The ​Sacramento County Coroner has determined the cause of death for Kia Vue, 77 year old, female, Sacramento resident, to be "Ligature Strangulation with Blunt Force Head Injuries".
• Body Found By American River Identified
• 9/10/2012 - The Sacramento County Coroner has identified the body found by the American River in Sacramento on September 7th as that of Linnea Noel Lomax.
• Death of infant found in Folsom still under investigation
• 8/13/2012 - The Sacramento County Coroner is issuing this statement to correct information being reported by the media that the infant found in Folsom on August 5 2012 was determined to have been born alive and lived for 15 hours.
• Coroner Identifies Man Found in Land Park Area on Wednesday, and Thanks Public and Media for Assistance
• 4/13/2012 - Sacramento County Coroner Greg Wyatt announced today that a positive identification has been made for a man found in the Land Park area of Sacramento on Wednesday.
• Public Help Needed - Unidentified Case
• 4/12/2012 - Sacramento County Coroner is requesting the public's help identifying a man found in the Land Park area. An adult male was found by passersby on Wednesday, April 11th. The Coroner’s Office believes that based on his attire, he was jogging/walking prior to death. He may live in the nearby area. He had no identification on him.
• Coroner Office Homicide Case Update
• 3/8/2012 - Information on the homicide of Jessica L. Funk-Haslam
• Police Seek Help Identifying Murder Victim
• 3/5/2012 - Repost of Sacramento Police Department's New Release dated 2/23/2012.  The Sacramento Police Department is seeking the community’s help in identifying a John Doe, from thirty-two years ago.

• Coroner's Office Case Update: Decedent Identification - Officer Involved Shooting

• 2/6/2012 - The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has Identified the 47 year old male shot by a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department Deputy.

• Coroner's Office: January 30, 2012, Bicentennial Circle Homicide Case Update

• 1/30/2012 - The Sacramento County Coroner's Office has Identified the victim of the homicide which occurred Monday evening on Bicentennial Circle in Sacramento as 19 year old Tralane Thomas. Mr. Thomas died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Both the Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento Coroner's Office investigations are continuing.
• Coroner's Office: Mark Anthony Scott - In-Custody Death Case Update
• 1/19/2012 - Mr. Scott's death (Coroner Case 12-00109) is currently being investigated by both the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and the Sacramento County Coroner.

2011

• Coroner's Office: Cause Of Death Findings For In-Custody Death Subject
• 11/30/2011 - Cause of death for Tyrone Walter Smith (case # 11-04798).
• Coroner's Office: Preliminary Autopsy Findings for In-Custody Death Subject
• 10/25/2011 - Subject arrested by the Sacramento Police Department on 10/22/11 who later expired at the University of California, Davis Medical Center in the early morning hours of 10/23/11 has been autopsied by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office (case # 11-04798). Preliminary findings reveal the absence of trauma.
• Coroner's Office: Adult Male's Identity Still A Mystery For Coroner
• 9/2/2011 - The Sacramento Coroner’s Office has been unable to identify an elderly white male who passed away on May 9, 2011 of natural causes in a nursing facility in Sacramento. The Coroner was informed that the elderly man was under investigation by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) prior to his death for receiving health care under false declaration, grand theft and identity theft. DHCS began their investigation in February 2010 when it was discovered that the elderly man had assumed the identity of Manuel Calderon of Texas.
• Coroner's Office: Facial reconstruction of victim created by FBI to assist investigators
• 3/14/2011 - The skeletal remains of a homicide victim found in the rural delta area of Sacramento County in March 2008 remain unidentified. A three-dimensional facial reconstruction model was recently made by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Laboratory Services to assist investigators with the identification.

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