Stephen D. Cohle, MD (Grand Rapids, MI), a nationally recognized figure in the community of forensic medicine, is the chief medical examiner for Kent County, Michigan, and a forensic pathologist for Laboratory Pathologists, PC. He is the author (with R. Byard) of Sudden Death in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence. Tobin T. Buhk (Grand Rapids, MI) is a high school teacher and freelance writer. In preparation for writing this book, he observed and assisted Dr. Cohle and his forensic team in more than thirty autopsies.>.
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""An excellent book. It gives the reader the sights, the sounds, and the smells of an autopsy room." Dr. Henry C. Lee Distinguished Professor of Forensic Science University of New Haven Author of Dr. Henry Lee's Forensic Files, The Budapest Connection, Cracking Cases, and Cracking More Cases "A delightful romp from the death scene, through the autopsy with all its sights and smells, and into the courtroom with its many surprises, conducted by one of the country's leading forensic pathologists. They're all here: shootings, stabbings, blunt objects, rough sex, drugs, tattoos, maggots - even an anthrax vaccine associated death - all informatively explained." Michael M. Baden, MD, author of Remains Silent Director, Medicolegal Investigations Unit Former Chief Medical Examiner, New York City