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.