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Los Angeles County Medical Examiner Building in 2008. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner (“DMEC”, formerly the Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner and Department of Coroner) was created in its present form on December 17, 1920, by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, although it has existed in some form since the appointment of the ...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $32-million settlement for the siblings and father of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos, who prosecutors say died of abuse and torture at ...
The organization also works on a variety of community impact projects in partnership with a variety of local, state and national agencies, organizations and schools, including First 5 LA, [16] the Los Angeles Police Department, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles County Departments of Mental Health and Children and Family Services, and others.
In 1977, he joined the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. He worked his way up to the position of chief of forensic medicine. In 1990, he was passed over in favor of J. Lawrence Cogan for the position of Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner. [2] Sathyavagiswaran was appointed Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner in 1992.
DCFS's operations involve investigating child welfare and abuse allegations, foster care, and adoption. DCFS files child welfare allegations in Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court, located in Monterey Park, California, and the Alfred J. McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center in Lancaster, California. DCFS is represented by Los Angeles County Counsel.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to 1,353 people who alleged that they were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests, in the largest settlement ...
The $10-million settlement, finalized in December, requires the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, where Ramos began his career and which had jurisdiction over Catholic churches in Orange County until ...
During his autopsy, Avalos's body showed clear signs of sustained abuse. He had bruises and burns all over his body, and he was extremely malnourished. [4] According to court testimony, Avalos's aunt, Crystal Diuguid, divulged to her therapist that Avalos's mother was beating, starving, and locking him for hours in a room without any access to the bathroom. [4]