Tarrant County deputy medical examiner on leave after audit finds errors in dozens of death cases
The audit included a review of 41 autopsies conducted by Dr. Marc Krouse.
Tarrant County Medical Examiner s office in Fort Worth, Tex. (NBC5)(KXAS-TV (NBC5) / NBC5)
Dr. Marc Krouse.(Courtesy / Digital File EMAIL)
The audit concluded that Dr. Marc Krouse had made errors in at least 27 homicide cases from Jan. 1 to Nov. 9 of 2020, according to the
A letter sent to defense attorneys by the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office said the audit was completed on March 19 by the county medical examiner, Dr. Nizam Peerwani.
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The Tarrant County District Attorney’s office has notified defense attorneys for as many as 40 other murder suspects there are questions about Krouse s credibility. The way I look at it, it s kind of like the grandfather s clock that strikes 13,” said defense attorney Christy Jack. “It calls into question all that came before.
Jack is a former prosecutor who represents a murder suspect awaiting trial. Dr. Krouse did the autopsy in his case. Anytime a professional s proficiency is on the line and you ve just been handed what could be information that calls into question their expertise, it s a goldmine as a defense attorney,” she said.