1-800-AUTOPSY

1-800-AUTOPSY is a specialty autopsy facility. In addition to determining exact cause of death, their confidential services include tissue and organ donation for medical and educational applications. According to their official website, one of their missions is to "broaden society's perspective about the 'positive side of death' with respect to transplantable tissue, cadaver-tissue research, and whole body donations."¹

Fast Facts

1. Established: 1988
2. Motto: "Mortis praesdium et vocem dare necesee est" (The deceased must be protected and given a voice)
3. Costs depend on the nature of the death²
4. Complete autopsy reports available within four to six weeks²
5. 1998: Recipient of the Ernst and Young "Greater LA Area Entrepreneur Of The Year"³
6. Create couches out of actual discarded coffins
7. Rent out morgue and autopsy props for films and TV shows

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