TARRANT COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
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GENERAL SUMMARY 2007 STATISTICS
TYPES OF CASES TARRANT DENTON PARKER TOTAL
Medical Examiner 1645 324 111 2080
Reportable 5085 870 224 6179
(Jurisdiction Waived)
Total 6730 1194 335 8259
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
Autopsy Examinations 889 180 62 1131
(Complete)
Autopsy Examinations 247 54 20 321
(Incisional)
External Examinations 509 90 29 628
Radiological Examinations N/A N/A N/A 1254
Histology Examinations 2356
Death Certificates Issued 1645 324 111 2080
Cremation Letters Issued N/A N/A N/A 3000
CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORY
Cases Processed 3123
Services Performed 84366
TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
Toxicology Cases Processed 2189
Toxicology Services Performed 26831
Chemistry Cases Processed 3150
Chemistry Services Performed 7229
IDENTIFICATION SERVICES
Identified Remains 223 35 26 284
Unidentified Remains 0 0 0 0
Total 223 35 26 284
CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TEAM
Cases Reviewed 115 19 11 145
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TARRANT COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
Manner of Death Cases Fractional
Investigated Demand
Natural 798 11.9
Accidental 504 7.5
Suicide 175 2.6
Homicide 109 1.6
Pending 14 .2
Undetermined 32 .5
Non-Human Remains 13 .2
Reportable (Jurisdiction Waived) 5085 75.5
Total 6730 100
DENTON COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
Manner of Death Cases Fractional
Investigated Demand
Natural 154 12.8
Accidental 94 7.9
Suicide 48 4.0
Homicide 16 1.4
Undetermined 12 1.0
Non-Human Remains 0 0
Reportable (Jurisdiction Waived) 870 72.9
Total 1194 100
PARKER COUNTY DEATH INVESTIGATIONS
Manner of Death Cases Fractional
Investigated Demand
Natural 55 16.4
Accidental 35 10.4
Suicide 17 5.1
Homicide 4 1.2
Undetermined 0 0
Non-Human Remains 0 0
Reportable (Jurisdiction Waived) 224 66.9
Total 335 100
FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY
CASES RECEIVED AND PROCESSED
Tarrant Denton Parker Consults Total
January 80 18 5 89 192
February 81 18 6 56 161
March 90 15 4 66 175
April 82 17 3 68 170
May 75 18 7 76 176
June 72 16 7 94 189
July 65 11 7 82 165
August 86 16 5 88 195
September 58 14 8 83 163
October 87 20 2 113 222
November 58 12 2 110 182
December 65 16 6 112 199
Total 899 191 62 1037 2189
CHEMISTRY (ALL COUNTIES)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total
Cases 407 367 387 331 289 204 199 269 135 249 149 164 3150
S’vcs 868 860 1014 692 652 488 393 557 294 543 476 392 7229
BREATH ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM
Year Breath Tests Under 21 Affidavits Court
2007 2724 324 575 5-6/day
SERVICES PERFORMED
ABN Alcohol BZDs Cannabis CO Cocaine Opiate Amph. Drug & Alcohol Total
THC Quanti. Affidav.
January 548 352 212 146 16 212 212 212 848 13 2771
February 444 211 147 91 3 147 147 147 516 9 1862
March 544 385 170 130 6 170 170 170 531 17 2293
April 424 272 132 112 6 132 132 132 650 15 2007
May 491 313 149 104 5 149 149 149 629 17 2155
June 542 350 144 110 7 144 144 144 547 17 2149
July 511 375 130 112 10 130 130 130 598 26 2152
August 504 415 145 110 0 145 145 145 547 15 2171
September 387 356 127 98 11 127 127 127 430 18 1808
October 530 550 200 173 11 200 200 200 656 21 2741
November 426 383 140 114 5 140 140 140 536 26 2050
December 445 423 113 92 13 113 113 113 501 22 1948
Total 5796 4385 1809 1392 93 1809 1809 1809 6989 216 26107
FORENSIC CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORY
CASES PROCESSED
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Biology 84 52 22 86 60 78 85 61 70 75 80 33 786
Firearms 6 4 5 5 7 3 7 8 9 9 7 11 81
Trace 27 14 21 16 19 10 2 11 8 14 8 8 158
Latent Prints 21 19 23 29 35 21 33 18 25 25 42 16 307
Photo Lab 139 121 194 127 171 161 155 132 159 170 138 124 1791
Total 277 210 265 263 292 273 282 230 271 293 275 192 3123
SERVICES PERFORMED
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total
Biology 647 379 500 736 745 1215 891 781 1053 1179 532 349 9007
Firearms 77 22 41 39 54 19 84 70 58 81 124 108 777
Trace 2575 3299 1072 1107 163 107 72 82 269 251 182 480 9659
Latent Prints 86 71 134 297 72 42 281 33 98 180 253 97 1644
Photo Lab 4813 5215 5331 4822 6412 6262 5045 5472 5340 4961 4942 4664 63279
Total 8198 8986 7078 7001 7446 7645 6373 6438 6818 6652 6033 5698 84366
HUMAN ID LAB ---SUMMARY OF CASES
Tarrant Denton Parker Total
January 14 0 2 16
February 18 2 1 21
March 13 6 1 20
April 21 3 2 26
May 22 4 8 34
June 31 2 1 34
July 17 3 3 23
August 17 4 1 22
September 13 3 2 18
October 17 3 0 20
November 26 3 3 32
December 14 2 2 18
Total 223 35 26 284
Multiple methods may be used for single identification
INDENTIFICATION BY METHOD
Tarrant Denton Parker Total
Anthropological 29 4 1 34
Dental 13 2 2 17
DNA Analysis 4 1 1 6
Latent Print 147 22 17 186
Visual 25 4 5 34
Other (Scars, Medical 2 0 0 2
Devices)
Unidentified 3 2 0 5
Total 223 35 26 284
TARRANT, DENTON and PARKER COUNTY IDENTIFICATION CASES
County Sex A B C H N NA U T
Tarrant F 0 13 17 4 0 0 0 54
M 3 40 90 22 0 0 1 156
N 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9
U 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
Denton F 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 6
M 1 5 11 5 0 0 1 23
N 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
U 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Parker F 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 10
M 0 0 13 3 0 0 0 16
Total All 4 58 161 40 13 1 7 284
Sexes
A=Asian B=Black C=Caucasian H=Hispanic N=NonHuman NA=Native American U=Unk
CHILD DEATH CERTIFICATION SUMMARY
Manner of Death Certification 2004 2005 2006 2007
Natural 56 55 45 64
Accidental 54 48 47 49
Homicide 13 21 19 23
Suicide 6 6 8 4
Undetermined 2 5 3 5
Total 131 135 122 145
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