New Morgue Chief Promises Changes

October 25, 2012 8:03 PM
New Morgue Chief Promises Changes

" Cook County’s new medical examiner says his office, beset by ghoulish stories of stacked bodies and lost loved ones, was already well on the road to improvement when he took over the job.

"We definitely have turned the page, but are moving forward," Dr. Stephen Cina said Thursday. "Things are moving in the right direction."

Cina arrived this summer from Florida, finding an office which had been rocked by stories of sloppy record-keeping and leaked photos of bodies stacked high in seemingly every available space.

"Some of the crowding issues were real," Cina said in his first interview since taking over the position from Dr. Nancy Jones. "Some of the more ghoulish details, I have not been able to substantiate that they even took place."

Jones resigned in July under pressure from County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

Some of the stories were irrefutable. Not only were photos widely distributed showing sloppy conditions inside the morgue, but stories abounded of families who could not find loved ones for weeks, only to learn they had been in the morgue the entire time "

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