Overdose deaths in Snohomish County went from 254 in 2021 to 276 in 2022. Morgues are expecting that to get worse as well, compounding their space issue.
King County, Washington’s Medical Examiner’s Office often runs out of storage room for dead bodies due to increasing fentanyl-related deaths, Seattle & King County Public Health Director Dr. Faisal Khan said Thursday, according to KTTH.
The medical examiner's office for Seattle and King County is grappling with where to store the dead over the increase in fentanyl overdoses, official says.