Though an autopsy on an 11-year-old girl who died at a city pool was performed Thursday, there will be no results for at least six weeks, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office said. ...more

July 10, 2009

Friends of Andrew Martin, a professional wrestler known in the ring as "Test," are in shock today, trying to come to terms with how a bigger-than-life man who loved to ride his Harley to the beach and body slam opponents ended up dead in his Harbour Island home. A cause of death won't be known for weeks, said Dick Bailey, spokesman for the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, which performed Martin's autopsy over the weekend. The report is awaiting the results of toxicology tests that take that long to complete. Tampa police do not suspect foul play. ...more

March 16, 2009

Human bones discovered in a trash heap near the Manatee County line have been turned over to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office. ...more

March 16, 2009

Nick Schuyler's nightmare began Saturday afternoon when the boat he was on capsized in the Gulf. For two days, he endured 14-foot seas, 30 mph wind gusts, water temperatures in the 60s and air temperatures that dropped into the lows 40s. ...more

March 3, 2009

Many factors, including body fat and clothing, determine someone's chance of survival in cold water, medical doctors and rescuers say. One factor, though, is the most vital. ...more

March 2, 2009

When John Feegel started as Hillsborough County's chief medical examiner in 1973, his office was in the basement of Tampa General Hospital. ...more

February 28, 2009

When John Feegel started as Hillsborough County's chief medical examiner, his office was in the basement of Tampa General Hospital. The office moved into a more spacious 8,000-square-foot building on Morgan Street in 1978. Thirty years later, the building became cramped, and there wasn't a proper place for families, funeral directors, law enforcement or reporters who frequent the building. Feegel died in 2003, but today his son was on hand for the grand opening of the office's new location, a 31,500-square-foot complex at 11025 N. 46th St. ...more

February 26, 2009

As a forensic investigator with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, Pete Bihorel's job includes identifying remains. To do that, he reaches out to the public for help. ...more

February 25, 2009

As a forensic investigator with the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, Pete Bihorel's job includes identifying remains. ...more

February 24, 2009

A combination of factors led to September's death of a 46-year-old man who had been stunned three times with a Taser, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Wednesday. ...more

February 4, 2009