More than once, Debruhl's parents were called to the medical examiner's office in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to view unidentified remains, but they weren't Debruhl's.
In those two operations, 34 new identifications were made, according to the medical examiner's office.
The results have only indicated false negatives, not false positives, according to Chief Medical Examiner spokeswoman Ellen Borakove.
Two potential human remains were recovered on Monday, according to the medical examiner.
Also Friday, the body of another Hurricane Katrina victim was found east of New Orleans and taken to a medical examiner's office, an official said.
According to the medical examiner, they, too, died from smoke inhalation.
Most of them died from blunt force trauma or injuries, but six of the children, all age 9, died due to asphyxia, according to the medical examiner.
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At least 24 people, including nine children, were killed, according to the state medical examiner's office.
He died of extreme prematurity, according to the city medical examiner's office.
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CNN's attempts to reach the medical examiner were unsuccessful.
The museum worked with the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to process the note.
Goldberger noted that it was "extremely bold" for a medical examiner to say that Jackson's death was a homicide.
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The attacks killed 2, 749 people aboard the planes, inside the buildings or on the surrounding streets of lower Manhattan, according to the New York medical examiner's office.
It will be a challenge for the medical examiner to determine if William Spengler's sister -- 67-year-old Cheryl Spengler -- was killed before the fire was set, because it was a "raging inferno, " Pickering said.
The youngest of her two sons, suspected gunman Adam Lanza, 20, allegedly shot her in the head multiple times before heading to Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he took his own life with a single bullet, according to Connecticut's chief medical examiner.
As they work to unravel the mystery, police, prosecutors and the medical examiner have revealed little, naming no suspects and declining to say if the lottery win might have presented a motive.
The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev was picked up around 5:30 Thursday from the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, according to a spokesman for the state's Executive Office of Public Safety.
Amato DeLuca, the Rhode Island attorney for his widow, Katherine Russell, said Tuesday that his client had just learned that the medical examiner was ready to release Tsarnaev's body and that she wants it released to his side of the family.
Amato DeLuca, the Rhode Island attorney for his widow, Katherine Russell, said in a statement Tuesday that his client had just learned that the medical examiner was ready to release Tsarnaev's body and that she wants it released to the Tsarnaev family.
Dr. David Schoenfeld said 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev was unconscious and had so many penetrating wounds when he arrived at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center early Friday that it isn't clear which ones killed him, and a medical examiner will have to determine the cause of death.
The man smoked cigarette after cigarette in the predawn hours of Friday as he waited at the medical examiner's office to claim his brother's body.
She is working with Delaware's medical examiner's office to identify bodies.
The medical examiner said proper procedures to identify the body were followed after the body first arrived, and went on to describe how a body deteriorates in phases after death, turning dark brown, for example, with parts becoming enlarged.
According to what his longtime doctor told the medical examiner, Picower had a history of depression because he had been "internalizing a lot, " and now he was also accused of being the largest beneficiary of the biggest financial crime in U.S. history and reportedly under government investigation.
The medical examiner's office has yet to determine the cause of death.
He bears a cut on the left side of his face now and although he was given a medical examination, the examiner has yet to release the results to his lawyer or family.
But toxicology test results by the medical examiner, which could take up to six weeks, will reveal exactly what Marin took in the Arizona courtroom that ended his life in a very public way.
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The medical examiner, Dr. Charles Wetli, had to get permission from federal agencies investigating the crash before releasing it.
When asked if it might be Tripathi, Detective Mark Sacco said it was "likely" but was cautious to say they won't know who it is until the medical examiner makes a determination.
The revelation comes the same day the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev was claimed by his family and later was picked up by a funeral home, according to Terrel Harris, spokesman for the Massachusetts office of the chief medical examiner.
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