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Marshall County coroner urges local control over pay, details mass-fatality planning
Summary
Coroner Kenny Pratt told the fiscal court he has led the office through 514 cases and urged county control of coroner pay rather than a one-size state mandate; he also outlined mass-fatality plans and intercounty response roles.
Kenny Pratt, Marshall County coroner, told the fiscal court on April 7 that his office has handled 514 cases since he took office and that he served as lead investigator on 321 of those. Pratt outlined duties that include child photo‑review panels, signing cremation authorizations, directing autopsies and toxicology, and coordinating mass‑fatality response sites and trailers. “The blood doesn’t lie,” he said when describing how toxicology and autopsy results inform…
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