Utah struggles with slow death investigations due to backlog

Justice • Investigators are resigned to long waits for exam results.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Dr. Erik Christensen, assistant state medical examiner testifies in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City Monday Feb. 23 in the John Brickman Wall trial. Wall is accused of killing his former wife and researcher Uta von Schwedler in her Sugarhouse home in Sept. 2011.

Utah struggles with slow death investigations due to backlog

Justice • Investigators are resigned to long waits for exam results.

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