At about noon on August 21st, 2012, a week and a half after my mother died, attorney Steve Phillips sent me this text message: Dr wolf should be calling u now. She said she left MSG for u last night. Let me know if u don’t hear from her in the next hr. I replied […]
I called Detective Whittier of the Deland Police Department just after noon EDT today. I haven’t had any communication with him since last Wednesday, the day before he said he was going to visit Woodland Terrace in an attempt to speak with Dr. Peele in person. I’ve called just about every day since then and […]
At about 1:40 PM EDT on August 20, 2012, eight days after mom died, I received a text message from attorney Steve Phillips. He wrote: Dr. Wolf will be calling you directly to set up the autopsy. Pls let me know when u hear from her. I replied immediately with: I will. […]
I called the cell phone number I have for Dr. Peele. He didn’t answer, of course, so I left him a message and asked him to return my call. Update: It is now 11:20 PM EDT and I have not received a response to this call.
Chris Boden called me from the office of the Volusia County Medical Examiner. The number on my called ID displayed as (386) 736-2700 and for a moment I was hopeful that it might be Dr. Hermann calling to tell me there had been a mistake. But, no. Chris told me, “Our office made contact with […]
I called the office of the Volusia County Medical Examiner this morning since I did not hear from anyone there yesterday. 1 I asked for Bob Burch and was told that he has the day off today. I asked for Dr. Hermann and the person who had answered the phone asked me, “What case is […]
Four days after my mother’s death, Michelle Cofano, the Registered Nurse Specialist at the Department of Elder Affairs — also known as C.A.R.E.S. — replied to the email I sent her asking for help. She said: Hey David, Below is the information you requested: There is a program within the Department of Elder Affairs called: […]
I called 1 the office of the Volusia County Medical Examiner to see if I could get an update on whether they had decided to do an autopsy on my mother’s body. I asked the woman who answered the phone if I could speak to Mr. Burch. She said, “Can I tell him who’s calling?” […]
I called 1 the cell phone number for Dr. Marie Hermann, the chief medical examiner of Volusia County, because it was four o’clock in the afternoon 2 and — as far as I know — they have not yet made a decision as to whether they’re going to perform an autopsy on my mother’s body. […]
Detective Whittier of the Deland Police Department called me at 9:20 AM EDT. We had a very long phone call in which I updated him on all of the phone calls I had yesterday. He told me that he was planning on going to visit Woodland Terrace tomorrow to attempt to talk to Dr. Peele […]