Missouri-Illinois state line muddles jurisdiction in coroner cases
Sunday, July 19, 2009
After a recent motorcycle wreck in Union County, Ill., paramedics transported the seriously injured victim across the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge to Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital, leaving both the Union County and Cape Girardeau County coroner's offices wondering who had jurisdiction over the death.
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