"Coroner to the Stars" Review: Riley B. Rates the Thomas Noguchi Documentary
Riley B. rates Coroner to the Stars, the documentary on Dr. Thomas Noguchi, using the lacoroner.com rubric: sourcing, victim respect, new insight and craft.
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Analysis, updates, and deep dives into Los Angeles Coroner cases and forensic history.
"Homicide: Los Angeles": Riley B. Reviews Netflix's New True-Crime Docuseries
Netflix's Homicide: Los Angeles puts LAPD detectives front and center. A Riley B. review on sourcing, case treatment, and victim respect.
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Countdown to Tate-LaBianca: Everything New We Know Before the August 8-9 Anniversary
What's new in Tate-LaBianca scholarship, documentaries, and case-file research ahead of the 57th anniversary of the August 1969 murders.
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LA County Medical Examiner Regains Full Accreditation — What It Actually Means
After nearly a decade under provisional status, the LA County DME restored full NAME accreditation in January 2026. Here's what the lapse was about and why it matters.
Read more →Wildfire Victim Identification: The Medical Examiner's Hardest January
How the wildfire victim identification process works as LA's medical examiner confronts the Palisades and Eaton fires — dental records, rapid DNA, dignity.
Read more →The Menendez Brothers Are Back in Court: What Resentencing Actually Means
The Menendez brothers resentencing recommendation, explained — what California law actually allows, how parole eligibility works, and what happens next.
Read more →O.J. Simpson Has Died: The Case That Taught America Forensics
O.J. Simpson is dead at 76. A look at how the OJ Simpson forensic evidence — DNA, autopsy testimony, chain of custody — taught America forensic science.
Read more →The Matthew Perry Autopsy: What 'Acute Effects of Ketamine' Actually Means
The Matthew Perry autopsy report listed acute effects of ketamine as the cause of death. A plain-English guide to what the LA County medical examiner found.
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