A few days after she arrived at Cusack Mortuary, Dr. Cusack emailed me looking for an update: Good Morning Mr. Gagne, Just wanted to check in with you and see what was the lastest. Also wondering if you had a photo of your mother that you could send me in jpg form to add it […]
I called the office of the Volusia County Medical Examiner at (386) 258-4060 1 and the phone was answered by Lis. 2 She was listening and seemed interested as I began explaining to her that I was attempting to get more information about what I needed to do to get them to perform an autopsy […]
I sent this email 1 to Dr. Allen Cusack, the manager of J.E. Cusack Mortuary, where my mother’s body is currently being held: Dear Mr. Cusack, Here is some additional information about my mother. Please do not hesitate to ask — via email or telephone — if there is any other information I can give […]
I called the cell phone number I have for Dr. Peele. 1 I did not expect him to answer, but he did. I said that I was Kathie Gagne’s son and that both a nurse at Fish Memorial Hospital and Dr. Allen Cusack, the manager of the mortuary where my mother’s body is currently located, […]
I called 1 Dr. Allen Cusack of Cusack Mortuary because I hadn’t heard from him yet 2 and it was nearing five o’clock. Dr. Cusack answered the phone and said, “Man, you called at just the right time!” He told me that he had just finished talking to MediLegal Autopsy Service, a nationwide chain of […]
I called 1 Cusack Mortuary, where my mom’s body is being refrigerated. Linda Jackson answered the phone and asked me to hold for Allen 2. Here are my notes from the call: Allen Cusack said I should call the medical examiner’s office; said ME’s office must do an autopsy if I request it 3 he […]
A nurse named Meghan Weir called me from Fish Memorial Hospital. 1 She told me that it was normal procedure when there was a death for them to call the Deland Police Department, and that “they” had been there, “to see if there was a stabbing or a shooting.” She told me that Detective Whittier […]