Coroners Train in Aquatic Death

Above: Sharp County Coroner Renee Clay-Circle (center) takes notes during class June 5. Right: Saline County Deputy Coroner Greg Lucas and Arkansas Coroners’ Association President and Saline County Coroner Kevin Cleghorn chat during a break.

Andrea Zaferes teaches coroners and deputy coroners how to properly investigate an underwater scene and preserve evidence.

Coroners train in aquatic death, homicidal investigations

The Arkansas Coroners’ Association held a 16-hour Aquatic Death and Homicidal Drowning Investigations Class June 4-5, 2019, in Pulaski County. Thirty coroners and deputy coroners gathered to hear from aquatic death and homicidal drowning investigations expert Andrea Zaferes on conducting proper investigations.

Miller County Coroner Dakota Boyd and Faulkner County Deputy Coroner Ronnie Smith take notes during the class. Class attendees work together to solve a hypothetical drowning death situation.