Arden said he is making progress toward autopsying a greater proportion of deaths and completing investigations in more detail. By summer's end, paper records will be replaced by computerized case tracking and data analysis. The renovation of the medical examiner's building, at 1910 Massachusetts Ave. SE, shows progress. Backup electric generators and the skeleton of a new ventilation system are in place.
Construction workers shuffle along the freshly painted corridors.
Arden removed an aging and frequently defective crematorium, and he has arranged three times for funeral homes to pick up dozens of unclaimed remains. But the bodies pile up. You've got to sift through all of the bodies trying to find the right one. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.