For the first time since 2014, Cook County recorded fewer than 600 homicides in a year. The medical examiner handled 541 ...

The Cook County medical examiner’s office is reporting a significant decline in the number of homicides and opioid overdose ...

Losing a loved one in any circumstance can be a painful experience, but for some families in Chicago, that pain is being compounded by what's been happening at the Cook County morgue in recent weeks.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two Cook County deaths are being linked to a drug that officials said they have never seen before. It's potent, powerful and used to tranquilize very large animals. Carfentanil is ...

A report found 21 violations at the facility, 15 of which are considered serious. Illinois Dept. of Labor report on Cook County Morgue In January, ABC 7's I-Team first revealed photos showing bodies ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An 80-year-old man died Monday due to extreme cold weather conditions, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Police said a 56-year-old man found the victim ...

A woman has died after a house fire on Chicago's Northwest Side over the weekend. That fire happened Sunday morning in the ...

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office publicly identified the others as Leon Andrew Henry, 25, Devonte Terrell Williamson, 23, and Aviance King, 27.