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Maryland storing bodies in Baltimore garage due to backup in coroner's office
CBSN
Maryland's chief medical examiner's office has at least 200 bodies needing autopsies and is dealing with the backup by storing some in a Baltimore garage and loading dock.
Delegate Kirill Reznik, a Montgomery County Democrat, says the growing number of bodies has been driven by a spike in murders, COVID-19 deaths and overdoses, CBS Washington, D.C. affiliate WUSA-TV reports.
Reznik says some remains are being kept on an emergency basis in refrigerated truck trailers in the rented garage and loading dock while federal disaster workers are being sent to help.
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