Minnesota SF5209 modifies procedures and training for handling potentially suspicious deaths involving domestic violence.

Minnesota SF5209 amends existing statutes to modify procedures and training for handling potentially suspicious deaths involving domestic violence. Law enforcement agencies must investigate incidents of suicide, accidental death, or overdose to determine if the decedent had a history of domestic violence. If a domestic violence history exists, the case must be flagged as a domestic violence-related suspicious death. Coroners and medical examiners must consider whether a full autopsy or expanded forensic examination is warranted.

Minnesota SF5209 modifies procedures and training for handling potentially suspicious deaths involving domestic violence.

Minnesota SF5209 amends existing statutes to modify procedures and training for handling potentially suspicious deaths involving domestic violence. Law enforcement agencies must investigate incidents of suicide, accidental death, or overdose to determine if the decedent had a history of domestic violence. If a domestic violence history exists, the case must be flagged as a domestic violence-related suspicious death. Coroners and medical examiners must consider whether a full autopsy or expanded forensic examination is warranted.