A former BC coroner is facing charges following an investigation into allegations regarding inappropriate examination of remains of two female homicide victims.
The investigation revealed that examinations by Kenneth Glen Mattinson, in the two separate incidents in February and March, 2009, in Langley involved alleged criminal behavior in the manipulation of the bodies.
The investigation was led by the Langley RCMP Serious Crimes Section. Lower Mainland District Forensic Identification officers who, while collecting evidence at a Langley homicide scene, noticed what appeared to be a pattern of questionable and possibly criminal behaviour by the coroner, and informed investigators of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
The information from IHIT was turned over to the Langley RCMP Serious Crimes Section, which launched the investigation.
The 61-year-old former coroner from Chilliwack was arrested Oct. 4 and is charged with two counts of offering an indignity to human remains and two counts of breach of trust by a public officer.
Langley police say no further information about the nature of the allegations will be released out of respect to the victims families.
The accused, who retired from the Coroners Service shortly after the investigation was launched, is scheduled to appear in Surrey Provincial Court Oct. 21.
