The executive of the territory may also appoint deputy coroners.
In October 2004, the deputy coroner ruled death by misadventure.
A deputy coroner requisitioned the body, He performed a postmortem.
The four adults had been shot in the head, said Bill Payton, a deputy coroner.
Reid Rissman, the deputy coroner, said the bodies "were in a ball, up front."
His office employed two deputy coroners, both physicians, and handled an average of eighty deaths a year.
Grand jury members denied there was criminal interference with any juryman or the deputy coroner.
He was appointed a deputy coroner for Los Angeles County in 1961.
He engaged in the teaming business until 1884, when he was appointed chief deputy coroner and served eight years.
Chief clerk to the prosecutor of the city of Chicago 1926-1928 and chief deputy coroner 1928-1930.