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Idaho’s Troubled Coroner System
In Idaho, elected coroners face limited oversight, often have little training and typically work on shoestring budgets. They also order autopsies at a rate far lower than the national average.
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He Was Accused of Killing His Wife. Idaho’s Coroner System Let Clues Vanish After a Previous Wife’s Death.
Clayton Strong had a history of domestic unrest in two marriages. The women’s families say a more thorough investigation of Betty Strong’s death in Idaho might have saved the life of his next wife, Shirley Weatherley, in Texas.
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