The medical examiner's office is moving from downtown to near the University of South Florida, where it will have more space for bodies and will be out of a flood zone. ...more

September 24, 2008

A 46-year-old man died Thursday night after being zapped three times with a Taser and bound in handcuffs and leg irons, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

September 13, 2008

A 46-year-old man died Thursday night after being Tasered by a Hillsborough County deputy, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. ...more

September 12, 2008

A Tampa family at home eating oxtail for dinner made a surprising discovery, their lawyer said - part of a human finger. ...more

August 29, 2008

TAMPA A Tampa family at home eating oxtail for dinner made a surprising discovery, their lawyer said – part of a human finger. ...more

August 28, 2008

Nearly five years ago, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office turned over what it thought were the skull and other remains of murder victim Allen E. Garner to a mortuary service, which was supposed to cremate those remains. ...more

August 5, 2008

The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office isn't responsible for the disappearance of a man's skull, an office spokesman said this morning. ...more

August 4, 2008

A day after pilot Harlan "Lanny" Northcott and his two passengers died while he was attempting to fly a cancer patient home, his devastated family is trying to make funeral arrangements and thinking about a memorial service. ...more

July 18, 2008

TAMPA Detectives today identified the man found dead at a Himes Avenue apartment complex as 21-year-old Phillip Michael Pearson of Tampa, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 16, 2008

TAMPA - The body of a man was found this afternoon at an apartment complex on Himes Avenue and investigators are trying to determine an identity and cause of death, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

July 15, 2008