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Autopsies are completed at the request of the Lafayette County Coroner in coordination with the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office and the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory. The request for autopsy is in conjunction with an active investigation of the circumstances that caused the death. Completed copies of the autopsy report are provided to the immediate family…

If you discover someone that you believe to be deceased, call 911 and report the suspected death to law enforcement. Unattended, unnatural and unexpected deaths located outside of a care facility must be responded to by a law enforcement officer and an ambulance must be dispatched to the scene, prior to requesting investigation by the…