inquest
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While it is unclear how he died, the force is preparing a file for a coroner, who will make a formal determination on the cause of death at an inquest.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Their provisional causes of death were all given as drowning at an inquest opening in Chelmsford, while Musa also died from a hypoxic ischaemic brain injury.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
An inquest found a number of failings in his care, leading to a coroner issuing another prevention of future deaths report.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Like all dams, there are little seeps here and there,” Mulholland would later testify at a coroner’s inquest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
As an agent wrote in a report, Bryan “perjured himself when he swore before the coroner’s inquest at Fairfax...that he had left Anna safely at her home in Fairfax between 4:30 and 5 p.m.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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