Frank minyard biography

“The coroner adds a little bit of semblance and order to a chaotic society by saying what happened to this person…”

[Are] you the longest serving elected coroner in America?

I don't know about that, but in Louisiana that's true.

And in New Orleans I am the longest serving elected official in New Orleans. ...

And basically your job is what?

Frank minyard wiki

To determine the cause of death? Sign death certificates?

Louisiana, the coroner is a little different than around the country. We operate under the Napoleonic Code of law. ... The coroner has four duties. The first duty is what every coroner has: investigation of death, questionable deaths.

Frank minyard biography

The second duty is to examine mental patients, and if they need to be committed, we have psychiatrists who are on my staff who commit them. Third is we examine rape victims. Fourth, we're responsible for the health care of the prisoners here in our city prison.