Across Pennsylvania s rural-most areas, an incident scene involving just a few deaths can overwhelm county coroners offices – but it doesn t have to, death investigators were told during their statewide
Daniel Pastorek died nearly three years ago, on Thanksgiving Day, 2020, in a mental health unit in the Allegheny County Jail. He struggled with housing and suffered from schizophrenia. He
An ‘external review’ of Pastorek’s body found he died of cardiovascular disease based on his “clinical history of cardiac issues,” “alcohol abuse” and “mental health issues.”