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Medical Examiner seeks funding for laboratory contracts and adds an investigator to meet caseloads
Summary
The St. Louis Medical Examiner told the budget committee the office handles all deaths in city limits, relies on external pathology, toxicology and histology contracts and asked for one additional full-time medical-legal death investigator in FY26 to keep up with caseloads.
The St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office briefed the Budget & Public Employees Committee on May 13 about FY26 operating needs, emphasizing contract laboratory costs and a modest personnel increase to maintain 24/7 investigative coverage.
"We presently have 23 employees — 16 full time — and we have a responsibility to investigate all deaths that occur within our jurisdiction," Tara Rick, director of operations for the medical examiner’s office, said.…
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