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Medical Examiner’s Office

Rutherford County Medical Examiner’s Office
910 Old Salem Road
Murfreesboro, TN 37128
Tel: (615) 849-5726
Fax: (615) 713-3207
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: 8am to 4:30pm M-F
Staff:
Dr. Lorraine MacDonald, MD | County Medical Examiner |
MDI Denise Martin, JD, D-ABMDI | Supervisor-Death Investigations |
CMDR. Mike Johnson, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
CMDR. Wendy Lampley, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
CMDR. Doug Leverette, EMT-P, RN | Medical Examiner Investigator |
CMDR. Joshua Wright, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Capt. Rick Murr, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Capt. Clay Jackson, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Capt. Janna Chew, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Capt. Chris Reed, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Capt. Joseph Shannon, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Capt. Justin Jernigan, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Capt. Jonathan Renberg, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Capt. Austin Meador, EMT-P | Medical Examiner Investigator |
Services provided by the County Medical Examiner
The County Medical Examiner is required by the "Post Mortem Examination Act" (TCA § 38-7-101 et seq.) to investigate certain types of deaths occurring in this county and to keep records on investigations and examinations of all such deaths.
Services provided include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conducting death investigations in coordination with various professionals in accordance with TCA § 38-7-108: Death under suspicious, unusual or unnatural circumstances. This service is primarily delegated to the County Medical Examiner Investigators, in accordance with TCA § 38-7-104.
- Providing an opinion as to the cause and manner of death.
- Completing death certificates for those deaths that fall under medical examiner jurisdiction.
- Issuing cremation permits.
- Ordering an autopsy when necessary to determine cause and manner of death.
- Assisting with public records requests relating to county medical examiner death investigations, in accordance with TCA § 38-7-110.