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Lake County coroner reports drops in homicides, overdoses and faster case closures; outlines outreach plans
Summary
Chief deputy Steve Newton and Coroner Jennifer Bannock reported year-over-year declines in several causes of death, new public dashboards, stronger interagency partnerships and improvements that have raised the office's 60-day case closure rate to 92.68%.
Chief Deputy Coroner Steve Newton and Coroner Jennifer Bannock told the Lake County Board Law & Judicial Committee on April 29 that the coroner's office saw modest declines in several categories of death in 2024 and has expanded prevention- and outreach-focused work.
The chief deputy said the office recorded a 1.7 percent decrease in deaths reported to the coroner's office last year and a 9.9 percent decline in cases over which the coroner took jurisdiction. "Unintentional drug overdoses in Lake County saw a 5% decrease last year over 2023. Our suicide rate dropped 4.8 percent. And our homicides dropped 34% last year over 2023," Newton said.
Why it matters: the coroner's office said it is using mapping dashboards and partnerships with public-health and community organizations to deploy…
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