In the WTF File: Riverside coroner offers refund in autopsy dispute

The Riverside County coroner is refunding the $2,279 cost of a family-requested autopsy and amending the death certificate of a man who died nearly a year ago.
Teresa Cramer became suspicious when the coroner's report listed details about her father Robert Martz's body that were inconsistent with his medical history.

Martz died less than two weeks after heart surgery at Loma Linda University Medical Center. The coroner, which didn't initially perform an autopsy, listed heart disease as the cause of the 72-year-old Perris man's death.

Cramer decided to have an autopsy performed at her own expense.

Sheriff's Capt. Don Eaglin, who heads the coroner's office, says the autopsy was investigated and he stands by the results, despite the refund offer.

He says the cause of death is still listed as heart disease but heart surgery complications have been noted as a contributing factor.