Former Coroner's Private Practice 'As Busy As Ever'

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Dr. Cyril H. Wecht's public corruption trial hasn't stopped the former Allegheny County coroner from cashing in on corpses.

During a one-day break from the federal trial Friday, Wecht performed an autopsy on the exhumed body of a Lawrence County man. He recently was contacted about the death of Australian actor Heath Ledger, the latest in a history of Wecht's ties to celebrity deaths.

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Former Coroner's Private Practice 'As Busy As Ever'

Wecht is scheduled to testify soon in a federal civil trial against the state police stemming from the 2002 fatal shooting of a 12-year-old Uniontown boy, Michael Ellerbe. Jury selection in that case begins Monday two floors below the courtroo...

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