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It is important to examine people whose death is obvious, but it is extremely important to investigate the cause of death
in homicides or accidents. In the case of a shooting or other fatal assaults, bullets and trace evidence are vital to a case.
If there has been an automobile accident, it is necessary to determine who was driving, and to assess other factors that may
have contributed to the crash, such as alcohol or drugs. Forensic autopsies also may determine if someone died of an inherited
disease, such as diabetes or heart disease, which may identify a risk factor for the next of kin. Informing the family is
an important service the Coroner's Office provides to the next of kin. Documenting all diseases, injuries and abnormalities
also is important to any future criminal or civil litigation.
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Cherry Goodman is a Deputy Coroner who began her career with Arapahoe County as a Pathology Assistant in 1995. After three years, she became
a part-time Deputy Coroner and became a full-time Deputy Coroner in August 1999. Prior to joining the County, Cherry worked
as a Senior Deputy Coroner for the Orange County Sheriff/Coroner’s Office. Cherry, who was born and raised in southern California,
previously worked for Pierce Brothers Mortuaries - a job she began after high school. Cherry is a member of the Critical Incident
and DMORT teams. She, along with Dr. Dobersen worked in New York October, 2001 at the World Trade Center Disaster. On June 14, 2002,
Cherry became a Nationally Certified Medicolegal Death Investigator. She has an associate degree in Mortuary Science and is
a licensed Embalmer in California.
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Shannon Sanamo began her career with the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office in 1994 as a high school intern. Born in Louisiana, Shannon moved
to Colorado with her family and attended Aurora Central High School where she was accepted into the Senior Internship Program. In
1999 Shannon became a full-time Pathologist Assistant for Dr. Michael Dobersen. She was promoted to a Medicolegal Death Investigator
in 2001. She has attended the forensic training program at St. Louis University School of Medicine for Death Investigation
as well as other forensic trainings around the United States. Shannon is a certified Medicolegal Death Investigator in the
state of Colorado and became a nationally certified Medicolegal Death Investigator through the American Board of Medicolegal
Death Investigators in 2006.
Shannon is the Treasurer of the Colorado Homicide Investigator’s Association, Diplomat member of the American Board of Medicolegal
Death Investigators, Charter member of the Society of Medicolegal Death Investigators, and member of the Colorado Coroner’s
Association. She also is a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) which included deployment to
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005.
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Sarah attended college at Colorado State University where she studied Anthropology and Human Anatomy. She was a member of the Golden
Key National Honor Society and graduated with Cum Laude Honors in 1999. After college Sarah began working for the Boulder
County Coroner’s Office during which time she received her EMT-B certification. In 2002, she began working for the Arapahoe
County Coroner’s Office as a Pathology Assistant and in 2003 she became a full time Medical Investigator. She attended training
through St. Louis School of Medicine’s Medicolegal Death Investigator Course. She is a certified Death Investigator in the
state of Colorado and in 2007 she became nationally certified as a Medicolegal Death Investigator through the American Board
of Medicolegal Death Investigators. She is currently a member of the Rocky Mountain Division of the International Association
for Identification and the Colorado Homicide Investigator’s Association.
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