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Coroner Jason Parish reports 100 cases in Q1, outlines multi-year plan to inter hundreds of unclaimed cremains
Summary
Butte-Silver Bow Coroner Jason Parish told commissioners April 1 his office handled 100 cases in the first quarter, including 34 investigations and four autopsies, and is launching a multi‑year effort with local funeral homes and Sunset Memorial Gardens to inter several hundred unclaimed cremains.
Butte-Silver Bow Coroner Jason Parish presented his office’s quarterly report to the Council of Commissioners on April 1, saying the coroner’s office handled 100 cases from Jan. 1 through March 31 and opened 34 formal investigations.
"We had from January 1 through March 31, we had 100 cases that came across my my caseload," Parish said, adding that four cases required complete autopsies. He provided a preliminary manner-of-death breakdown: "12 natural, three accidental, two suicides, four under investigation" pending toxicology or other lab results.
Parish gave a brief cause and age summary: four cardiac-related deaths, one renal disease, two pulmonary disease cases, and two cancer/other neoplasms. He said most decedents were 65 and older; 11…
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