DR. LAKSHMI KODE SAMMARCO
The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office serves more than 825,000 citizens and other regional counties by providing quality forensic death investigation services. Our team consists of an elected Coroner, board certified forensic pathologists, death investigators as well as many other essential support staff. We are accredited by the National Association of Medical Examiners which is the premier professional organization for medical examiners, forensic pathologists, and medicolegal affiliates and administrators. Many of our death investigators are certified nationally by the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.
The mission of the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office is to serve the public by providing accurate, thorough and efficient medico legal investigations of death, thereby ensuring justice, and providing solace, comfort and protection to the living. We shall provide excellence in public service through our uncompromising belief in respect for life and dignity in death.
ABOUT THE CORONERThe Hamilton County Coroner’s Crime Laboratory (HCCL) is located in Blue Ash, Ohio and occupies a three-story building that was built in 2021. The mission of the Crime Laboratory is to provide reliable, accurate, timely, and impartial forensic services to the local and regional criminal justice community. The Crime Laboratory has an additional responsibility to assist forensic pathologists with determining cause and manner of death.
ABOUT THE CRIME LABORATORYDrug
Chemistry
Firearms & Toolmarks
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Biology
Forensic Toxicology
Trace
Evidence
Helpful resources for guiding you through death-related processes.
Find resources and information on obtaining death certificates and related services.
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Learn MoreLearn how to retrieve personal belongings of the deceased and find related resources.
Learn MoreGet information and guidance on the process for decedent release and necessary documentation.
Learn MoreFind resources and steps for identifying a loved one and related support services.
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