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It is important to examine people whose death is obvious, but it is extremely important to investigate the cause of death
in homicides or accidents. In the case of a shooting or other fatal assaults, bullets and trace evidence are vital to a case.
If there has been an automobile accident, it is necessary to determine who was driving, and to assess other factors that may
have contributed to the crash, such as alcohol or drugs. Forensic autopsies also may determine if someone died of an inherited
disease, such as diabetes or heart disease, which may identify a risk factor for the next of kin. Informing the family is
an important service the Coroner's Office provides to the next of kin. Documenting all diseases, injuries and abnormalities
also is important to any future criminal or civil litigation.
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Cherry Goodman is a Deputy Coroner who began her career with Arapahoe County as a Pathology Assistant in 1995. After three years, she became
a part-time Deputy Coroner and became a full-time Deputy Coroner in August 1999. Prior to joining the County, Cherry worked
as a Senior Deputy Coroner for the Orange County Sheriff/Coroner’s Office. Cherry, who was born and raised in southern California,
previously worked for Pierce Brothers Mortuaries - a job she began after high school. Cherry is a member of the Critical Incident
and DMORT teams. She, along with Dr. Dobersen worked in New York October, 2001 at the World Trade Center Disaster. On June 14, 2002,
Cherry became a Nationally Certified Medicolegal Death Investigator. She has an associate degree in Mortuary Science and is
a licensed Embalmer in California.
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Shannon Sanamo began her career with Arapahoe County as an intern in the Coroner’s Office in 1994, and has worked full time since 1999 as
a Pathologist Assistant. In 2001 she was promoted to a Medical Investigator. Born in Louisiana, Shannon moved to Colorado
as a child and attended Aurora Central High School. She was accepted into Aurora Central High School’s Senior Internship Program
and began working for the Coroner’s Office when she was 16 years old. She has attended training at the St. louis University
School of Medicine for Death Investigation and became a Nationally Certified Death Investigator in June of 2006. Shannon is
also a member of the DMORT team. She worked in Louisiana with DMORT for several weeks after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.
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Sarah attended college at Colorado State University where she studied Anthropology and Human Anatomy. She was a member of the Golden
Key National Honor Society and graduated with Cum Laude Honors in 1999. After college Sarah began working for the Boulder
County Coroner’s Office during which time she received her EMT-B certification. In 2002, she began working for the Arapahoe
County Coroner’s Office as a Pathology Assistant and in 2003 she became a full time Medical Investigator. She attended training
through St. Louis School of Medicine’s Medicolegal Death Investigator Course. She is a certified Death Investigator in the
state of Colorado and in 2007 she became nationally certified as a Medicolegal Death Investigator through the American Board
of Medicolegal Death Investigators. She is currently a member of the Rocky Mountain Division of the International Association
for Identification and the Colorado Homicide Investigator’s Association.
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