Medical Examiner identifies deceased woman from 2008

The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office (WCRMEO) has positively identified a woman who was found dead in May 2008 in Churchill County. Betty Lou Japel, 70 at the time of her death, was identified through an innovative partnership between WCRMEO and Othram, Inc.

Medical Examiner and FBI identify deceased man from 1999

The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office, with the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Institute of Justice’s National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), has positively identified a man who died in June 1999. James...

April 2021 is National Donate Life Month

Collaboration between the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner's Office and Nevada Donor Network led to record-breaking tissue donations in 2020. Register to be a donor today.