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The Honorable
John B. "Johnny" Burch
County Coroner |
The
coroner's major role in the investigation is to establish the cause and
manner of death. The cause is the medical reason the person dies and the
manner is whether they died as a result of a homicide, suicide,
accident, natural causes, or in an undetermined fashion.
The Coroners
office provides the following services for
Ben Hill County Residents:
To investigate
deaths that occur in Ben Hill County:
- As a result of
violence
- Suicide or
casualty
- Suddenly when
in apparent good health
- When
unattended by a physician
- In any
suspicious or unusual manner
- After birth,
but before seven years of age if the death is unexpected or
unexplained
- As a result of
an execution carried out pursuant to the death penalty
- When an inmate
of a state hospital, or a state, county, or city penal institution
dies
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