Event Description:  This activity is meant to inform and educate partners and learners in the medicolegal death investigation field about the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s system and its role in death investigations. Topics covered will include recent changes in the practice and guidelines for the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s system as well as current trends in cause and manner of death within the state. Also discussed will be changes seen in asphyxia deaths, features and documentation of gunshot wounds, scene and body examination photography, postmortem changes and decomposition and how to effectively partner with donor organizations.