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Get Caught Up: What the Local 4 Defenders have learned about issues at Wayne County morgue

About a week after a Local 4 Defenders investigation first exposed problems at the morgue, the medical examiner was brought in before a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services board.

Medical examiner questioned after investigation reveals missing woman’s body sat in Wayne County Morgue for 7 months

Just more than a week after a Local 4 Defenders investigation exposed problems at the Wayne County Morgue, the medical examiner was brought in before a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services board.

Wayne County commissioners demand answers after missing woman’s body sits at morgue for months

County commissioners are demanding answers after the body of a woman believed to be missing sat in the morgue for seven months before being cremated without the family’s knowledge.

Morning Briefing Sept. 21, 2021: 2 teens killed, 2 hurt in Lenawee County crash; family says missing woman’s body was at Wayne County morgue for months, then cremated

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Family finds out missing woman’s body had been at Wayne County morgue for months, then cremated

The family said the morgue kept saying it didn’t have the 31-year-old mother.