exhume
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The government sought to exhume Dossett’s body for a more-thorough autopsy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Breaking for health tests, Ruci stayed there until October 7, when judicial authorities agreed to exhume his son's body for toxicology tests.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
“I watch a lot of true crime, and they exhume bodies all the time. It’s not unusual,” she blithely says.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024
Wade’s family members and attorneys won the right to exhume his body Monday, but they did not get to see the exhumation because it took place hours before county officials said it would.
From Washington Times • Nov. 16, 2023
Kathleen Enstice, a forensic pathologist who worked for the state, was summoned to exhume the infant's body.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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