John Clifton, Cape Girardeau County deputy coroner, attended a Missouri Coroners and Medical Examiners Association training seminar recently in Jefferson City, Mo.
A number of topics were discussed during the two-day session, including sudden infant death syndrome, occupational deaths, DNA evidence collection and conducting a coroner's inquest.
The state's coroners and deputy coroners must receive 20 hours of continuing education a year. Cape County Coroner John Carpenter attended the spring training session.
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