Medical Examiner Case Archive, 2014 to present

The information presented here is compiled from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. The data sets include information from deaths starting in August 2014 to the present, with information updated twice a day. It contains information about deaths that occurred in Cook County that were under the Medical Examiner’s jurisdiction. Not all deaths that occur in Cook County are reported to the Medical Examiner or fall under the jurisdiction of the Medical Examiner. Effective April 1, 2022, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office no longer takes jurisdiction over hospital, nursing home or hospice COVID-19 deaths unless there is another factor that falls within the Office’s jurisdiction. Data continues to be collected for COVID-19 deaths in Cook County on the Illinois Dept. of Public Health COVID-19 dashboard (https://dph.illinois.gov/covid19/data.html). The Medical Examiner’s Office determines cause and manner of death for those cases that fall under its jurisdiction. Cause of death describes the reason the person died. Manner of death falls under one of five categories: · Homicide · Suicide · Natural · Accident · Undetermined The information posted here may be graphic in nature and may not be appropriate for all users. Published 11/21/17 and updated twice a day.