Douglas County Medical Examiner's Office
Justice Building, Roseburg, Oregon 97470
(541) 957-7713
FAX: (541) 957-7714
E-Mail: jwhanlin@co.douglas.or.us

James N. Olson, M.D. - Deputy State Medical Examiner

Lieutenant John Hanlin - Detectives Division

Family/Visitor meeting room

Autopsy facility

The Douglas County Medical Examiner's Office is a state-of-the-art facility with complete autopsy and refrigeration capability. All medical examiner cases in Douglas County are processed through this facility.

The goal of the Medical Examiner's Office is to serve Douglas County Law Enforcement Agencies, the District Attorney's Office, the medical community and family members with the investigation of sudden, unexpected, unexplained deaths. This includes deaths of suspicious and violent natures.

The Medical Examiner's Office investigates deaths that occur in Douglas County that are of concern to the public's safety, health and it's welfare. As per ORS 146, this office investigates deaths that fall under one or more of the following categories:

• Those deaths that are apparently homicidal, suicidal, or occurring under suspicious or unknown circumstances
• Resulting from the unlawful use of controlled substances or the use or abuse of chemicals or toxic agents.
• Occurring while incarcerated in the Douglas County Jail or while in the custody of a law enforcement officer
• Apparently accidental or following an injury.
• By disease, injury or toxic agent during or arising from employment.
• While not under the care of a physician during the period immediately preceding the death.
• Related to disease which might constitute a threat to the health of the general public.
• In which human remains have been disposed of in an offensive manner.

The Medical Examiner's office certifies the manner and cause of death in the above instances. Certificates of Death are filed by this office in accordance with ORS 146.003.

Based upon evidence obtained, the Medical Examiner's Office makes every attempt to accurately determine positive identity of the decedent(s) and the circumstances leading up to death, by means of thorough detailed investigations. With the assistance of local hospital facilities and the Oregon State Police Forensic Crime Laboratory, modern medical and forensic science is applied to the death investigation by expertly trained technical staff.

While there is always cooperative interaction with several other county and municipal agencies, the Medical Examiner's Office provides for an independent assessment of each individual death.

Related Links

• The American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators
• The Medical Examiner and Coroner Information Sharing Program
• National Association of Medical Examiners (N.A.M.E.)
• The American Academy of Forensic Sciences

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DOUGLAS COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE
1036 SE Douglas
County Justice Building
Roseburg, OR
U.S.A. 97470

Business:
541-440-4450
Fax: 957-8140

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