Citations Affected: IC 35-45-19.
Synopsis: Failure to report a dead body. A person who discovers or
has custody of the body of a deceased person and who knowingly or
intentionally fails to report the dead body to a public safety officer,
coroner, or physician when it appears the deceased person died by
violence, suicide, accident, or under certain other suspicious or unusual
circumstances, commits failure to report a dead body, a Class A
misdemeanor.
Effective: July 1, 2008.
January 8, 2008, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human
Affairs.
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
criminal law and procedure.
when it appears the deceased person died:
(A) by violence, suicide, or accident;
(B) by sudden death while in apparent good health;
(C) while unattended;
(D) from poisoning or an overdose of drugs;
(E) as the result of a disease that may constitute a threat to
public health;
(F) as the result of:
(i) a disease;
(ii) an injury;
(iii) a toxic effect; or
(iv) unusual exertion;
incurred within the scope of the deceased person's
employment;
(G) due to sudden infant death syndrome;
(H) as the result of a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure;
or
(I) under any other suspicious or unusual circumstances;
and
(2) knowingly or intentionally fails to report the body of the
deceased person to a:
(A) public safety officer;
(B) coroner; or
(C) physician;
commits failure to report a dead body, a Class A misdemeanor.