Knox County coroner asks for permanent morgue and fair pay for investigators

Knox County coroner asks for permanent morgue and fair pay for investigators

MOUNT VERNON — Knox County Coroner Jennifer Ogle, M.D., said her office needs a permanent facility to store bodies and better compensation for the nurses who serve as her death investigators. Knox County currently has no morgue. The coroner’s office stores bodies in a cooler at the Knox County Sheriff’s Office. Although it is rated to hold three bodies, Ogle is not comfortable with that. “I won’t put three bodies in there because it’s not approp…