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Two hospitals in Colorado were accused of harvesting a man’s organs before he was declared dead. The coroner actually ruled the death a homicide, saying the cause was “removal of his internal organs by an organ recovery team.” The only trouble with the story? The coroner’s conclusions were wrong, according to everyone involved except the coroner himself.

Organ donation shows risk from local coroners