Statement from the Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office
The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office (WCRMEO) has positively identified a man who was found dead in November 1984 in Reno.
The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office (WCRMEO) has positively identified a man who was found dead in November 1984 in Reno.
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.
Washoe County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Laura Knight was honored with the Governor’s Award for her work promoting organ and tissue donation. Gov. Joe Lombardo and the Nevada Donor Network Foundation presented the award on March 15 in Carson City.
The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has positively identified the five deceased individuals involved in an aircraft crash that occurred on February 24, 2023, near Stagecoach, Nevada. Edward Pricola, 32, of Reno, Nevada (flight medical crew) Mark...
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...
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.
Awards were presented individually due to COVID-19 restrictions
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