Murder investigations could be delayed.
Insurers may postpone life insurance payments.
The Stark County Coroner's Office says this could happen because it has been unable to perform autopsies.
Its sole forensic pathologist who did the autopsies, Daniel Brown, resigned in September to become a freelance pathologist. The former Akron police officer worked for Stark County for about nine months. He had replaced the prior pathologist, Renée Robinson, a Hoover High School graduate. She had stepped down in February 2019 after about three and a half years.
What are pathologists?
Pathologists are medical doctors who specialize in the study of bodily tissues and fluids. They often do a five-year residency after medical school. Forensic pathologists are pathologists who do an additional year of fellowship training. They perform in-depth internal and external examinations of bodies, known as autopsies, to help determine cause and manner of death.