Janis Carol Amatuzio (born 1950) [1] is an American forensic pathology specialist. [2] [3] She has authored books and has practiced forensic science for 20 years. [4] Amatuzio is known as the "compassionate coroner". [5]
Amatuzio was born in Minnesota and is Italian American. Her father was Donald Amatuzio, a physician who died in 2006. [6]
Amatuzio trained at the University of Minnesota and the Hennepin County Medical Center before founding Midwest Forensic Pathology in Minneapolis. [7] [8] She was the Medical Examiner in Anoka County [9] [10] and served as coroner in a number of counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin until 2009. [11] [12]
A protégée of Amatuzio, Dr. A. Quinn Strobl, performed the autopsy of the famous singer Prince in 2016. [13]
Amatuzio has appeared on the crime TV series Deadly Women and Forensic Files. [14]
Amatuzio lives in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. [15]
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Janis Carol Amatuzio (born 1950) [1] is an American forensic pathology specialist. [2] [3] She has authored books and has practiced forensic science for 20 years. [4] Amatuzio is known as the "compassionate coroner". [5]
Amatuzio was born in Minnesota and is Italian American. Her father was Donald Amatuzio, a physician who died in 2006. [6]
Amatuzio trained at the University of Minnesota and the Hennepin County Medical Center before founding Midwest Forensic Pathology in Minneapolis. [7] [8] She was the Medical Examiner in Anoka County [9] [10] and served as coroner in a number of counties in Minnesota and Wisconsin until 2009. [11] [12]
A protégée of Amatuzio, Dr. A. Quinn Strobl, performed the autopsy of the famous singer Prince in 2016. [13]
Amatuzio has appeared on the crime TV series Deadly Women and Forensic Files. [14]
Amatuzio lives in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. [15]
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