Los Angeles County officials are investigating whether more than a dozen employees at the Department of Medical Examiner, commonly known as the coroner’s office, accessed confidential files without authorization following leaks of graphic details surrounding the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
The probe by the county’s Department of Human Resources focuses on whether investigators and administrative staff improperly viewed records related to Rivas Hernandez before her autopsy report was officially released to the public, as reported by NBC4 Los Angeles.
