Good evening weldon67 and thank you for your question.
I contacted the Los Angeles County Coroner's office in CA and spoke to
them about how to obtain the coroner's report (I apologize but I did
not get the name of the person I spoke to.) I was told that in order
to obtain certified copies of the autopsy/coroner's report, you need
to send a written request with the decedents name and date of death
along with a SASE envelope to:
Marsha Grigsby, Records Supervisor
1104 North Mission Road
Los Angeles, CA 90033-1578
There is a fee for the Coroner's Report, which will be quoted after
receipt of the request for the report. Fees vary, depending on the
type of autopsy/examination performed and the type of report compiled.
Reports will be mailed as soon as they are complete and fees are
received.
There are two parts to a coroner?s report.
1. Coroner's Register, which includes all of the biographical
information, a history of the case, and witnesses; and
2. Necropsy Report, a multiple page report with autopsy details.
The Coroner?s Register might hold some of the information you are
looking for, such as a suicide note or news story.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has this to say about
obtaining a police report:
"How can I get a copy of a police report?
A: Depending on the nature of the report and any confidentiality
issues involved, report copies are generally available through the
station that took the report. There is a fee of $12.00 each report.
Reports take approximately one week to become available - traffic
accident reports may take longer. If you do not have the report's file
number, please be prepared to supply the date, time, location and name
of the parties involved to assist us in locating the proper report."
( http://www.lasd.org/lasd_services/lasd_faqs.html#11 )
I would try to give them a call as I cannot verify how far back they
keep reports. You can reach them at:
Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
4700 Ramona Blvd.
Monterey Park, CA 91754
(323) 526-5541
As far as being mentioned in the newspaper, I would suggest that you
contact the Los Angeles Times as it was and still is a pretty
prominent newspaper.
Los Angeles Times
202 W. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 237-5000
According to their website, "... If the family-placed obituary was
placed prior to April 26, 2001, then you will need to order a manual
professional search for $40 by calling our Archives Department at
1-800-788-8804. They will search for the death notice for up to one
week after the date of death which you will need to provide them."
( http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/faq.html#obit )
If this answer requires further explanation, please request
clarification before rating it, and I'll be happy to look into this
further.
Nenna-GA
Google Answers Researcher
Sources:
Los Angeles County Department of Coroner
( http://coroner.co.la.ca.us/htm/intro.cfm )
Los Angeles Sheriff?s Department
( http://www.lasd.org/ ) |
