County Coroner

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The Office of the County Coroner is established by the Constitution of the State of Missouri.

The Coroner is elected to serve by the citizens of Osage County.

The Coroner’s Office is a separate and independent division of the Osage County Government and is funded through the Osage County General Fund.

The Coroner recognizes the tragedy surrounding an untimely death and performs investigations, in part, to assist the grieving family. A complete forensic investigation provides for the expeditious settling of insurance claims and estates, as well the implementation of civil and criminal actions. Questions which seem irrelevant in the initial hours after death can become significant in the following months. The surviving family and general public can have the peace of mind that a complete investigation was done.

The Coroner works in cooperation with the law enforcement community, but conducts a separate and unbiased investigation.

Although criminal death investigations constitute a small portion of deaths investigated by the Coroner, these deaths are studied in great detail because of the issues and legal consequences involved. In this way, the criminal justice system is offered the best support. The public health dimension of the Coroner’s function is designed to isolate and identify causes of sudden unexpected death.

When an infectious agent or poison is implicated in a death, the family and persons recently in physical contact with the deceased are notified in order that they might receive any needed medical treatment.

 

Other duties of the office include, but are not limited to:               

Referral of a child's death (under the age of eighteen) to a child fatality review panel.
Convening a Coroner's Inquisition to have a jury determine the cause of death of a person
when, in the opinion of the Coroner, it would be in the public's interest to do so.
Performing the duties of Sheriff when that office is vacant. 

Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 58 contains a complete description of the duties of the County Coroner. 

OSAGE COUNTY CORONER
PO BOX 638
Linn, MO 65051
Phone: 573-619-4273
Fax: 888-546-9672

ajprobst@ymail.com

County Coroner – A.J. Probst 

Deputy Coroner – Robert Goodenough


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LINKS:

https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=58

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