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Duties of the Coroner’s Office include:

  • Be available to respond as required 24 hours a day, every day.
  • Determine the cause and manner of death.
  • To complete a thorough investigation of the death.
  • To positively identify the decedent.
  • To accurately document the death scene.
  • To complete interviews pertaining to the death.
  • To order transport and have the decedent removed from the scene in a dignified manner.
  • To make sure that Next of Kin is notified.
  • To determine whether an autopsy should be performed and make arraignments for the autopsy.
  • To provide the residents of Delaware County with the highest quality of death investigations in a timely manner.

 

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Coroner

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Mark A. Hickman, M.D., D-ABMDI

Phone

(740) 833-2151

Fax

(740) 833-2154

Address

10 Court St.
Delaware, OH 43015

Dr. Hickman assumed the duties of Delaware County Coroner in 2005, and was elected to a full 4 year term in 2008. He is a member of the Ohio State Coroner’s Association and a registered medicolegal death investigator.

Dr. Hickman graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, and he is Board Certified in Family Medicine.

Deputy Coroners

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Andrew S. MacDowell, M.D.

Phone

(740) 833-2151

Fax

(740) 833-2154

Address

10 Court St.
Delaware, OH 43015

Dr. MacDowell has been serving the citizens of Delaware County in the capacity of Deputy Coroner since 2005.

Dr. MacDowell graduated medical school in 1998, and completed Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Residency in 2002. Dr. MacDowell is a member of the American Medical Association.

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David E. Rumbalski, M.D.

Phone

(740) 833-2151

Fax

(740) 833-2154

Address

10 Court St.
Delaware, OH 43015

Dr. Rumbalski came onboard as a Deputy Coroner in June of 2011.

Medical school: University of Cincinnati, 1996

Residency: University of Cincinnati

Specialty: Family Medicine

Bio: Ohio Health physician for 13 years.

Investigators

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Charles Carlson, D-ABMDI - Chief Medicolegal Death Investigator

Phone

(740) 833-2151

Fax

(740) 833-2154

Address

10 Court St.
Delaware, OH 43015

Charles has been with Delaware County Coroner’s Office since February of 2019. Prior to working in Delaware County, he served with the Clermont County Coroner’s Office for 5 years. Charles served 28 years with the State of Ohio, retiring as a detective. His focus was primarily investigating death and sexual assault cases.  He obtained his Master Criminal Investigator along with Master Evidence Technician certifications through OPOTA. Charles completed the Medicolegal Death Investigator course at Saint Louis University. He also attended the University of Cincinnati, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in Environmental Sciences. Charles brings years of crime scene and death investigation experience.

 

 

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Karie McWherter, M.Ed., D-ABMDI - Medicolegal Death Investigator

Karie joined the Delaware County Corners Office in June 2022. She is a native of Delaware and attended the University of Toledo where she was trained as a Deiner of Pathology at the Medical College of Ohio. Living in Northern Minnesota the last 24 years she’s had extensive experience as a Deiner and as a death investigator since 2011. Receiving her Medicolegal Death Investigator Certification in Fall of 2018 she brings a wealth of knowledge to our team.