The riverside county coroner, overseen by the sheriff, will keep investigating deaths in deputies' custody. In riverside, california, the families of several people who have died in the county’s jails are mounting an uphill battle: But it will seek independent autopsies.
To force the creation of an independent coroner’s office. Referrals of deaths of persons with unknown next of kin are received from the coroner, hospitals, convalescent hospitals, board and care facilities, the superior court, government agencies,. Riverside county will study the feasibility of separating the coroner’s office from the sheriff’s department after the board of supervisors unanimously voted tuesday morning, dec.