Designed for mass casualties, it will also help identify individual victims.
The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner will soon have a rapid DNA processor to help with its work in identifying the deceased, particularly during mass casualty events. In 2021, Hanah Shimeall, a coroner investigator for OME, and Ian Harwick, OME decedent affairs coordinator, applied for a grant to fund the purchase of the equipment.…