Duties of the Coroner’s Office include:

  • Be available to respond as required 24 hours a day, every day.
  • Determine the cause and manner of death.
  • To complete a thorough investigation of the death.
  • To positively identify the decedent.
  • To accurately document the death scene.
  • To complete interviews pertaining to the death.
  • To order transport and have the decedent removed from the scene in a dignified manner.
  • To make sure that Next of Kin is notified.
  • To determine whether an autopsy should be performed and make arraignments for the autopsy.
  • To provide the residents of Delaware County with the highest quality of death investigations in a timely manner.

 

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Coroner

Mark A. Hickman, M.D., D-ABMDI

Phone

(740) 833-2151

Fax

(740) 833-2154

Address

10 Court St.
Delaware, OH 43015

Deputy Coroners

Andrew S. MacDowell, M.D.

Phone

(740) 833-2151

Fax

(740) 833-2154

Address

10 Court St.
Delaware, OH 43015

David E. Rumbalski, M.D.

Phone

(740) 833-2151

Fax

(740) 833-2154

Address

10 Court St.
Delaware, OH 43015

Investigators

Charles Carlson, D-ABMDI - Chief Medicolegal Death Investigator

Phone

(740) 833-2151

Fax

(740) 833-2154

Address

10 Court St.
Delaware, OH 43015

Karie McWherter, M.Ed., D-ABMDI - Medicolegal Death Investigator