The Texas County Coroner answered 22 calls in November 2023.
In the community, there were 18 natural deaths, including stroke (7), cancer (2), respiratory disease (2), heart arrhythmia (2), Parkinson’s disease (2), pulmonary embolism, urosepsis and the death of a child under the age of one due to a previously undetected heart defect.
There were two accidental deaths in the community, one due to methamphetamine use and one due to homicide from a fatal gunshot wound.
There was one offender death at South Central Correctional Center in November. Autopsy results are pending.
Texas County Coroner Marie Lasater testified in a wrongful death trial of a county citizen this month, resulting in a favorable outcome for the plaintiff.
Lasater wants to advise the community that at least 90 percent of the PCR nasal swab tests for Covid give false positives. Her office and other county coroners are now verifying test results by obtaining whole blood testing post-mortem for Sars Co-V 2 nucleocapsid antigen, considered the gold standard. Lasater suggests that if you have a positive nasal swab, you request your healthcare provider to perform the above blood test for confirmation. It takes 24 – 48 hours to get the results back, and she can be contacted at 573-247-1672 for more information.