☑ Re-Elect  CARRIE 4 CORONER

Carrie has been with the Tippecanoe County Coroner’s Office since January 2000.  She held the title of Chief Deputy Coroner of Tippecanoe County until she was elected to Coroner in 2021.  She is a Fellow with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) and has been a member of the AAFS since 2002.  She is also an affiliate investigator with the National Association of Medical Examiners and Coroners (N.A.M.E.), a member of the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners. and a member of the Indiana Coroners Association. She is certified by the State of Indiana as a Medicolegal Death Investigator for over 20 years.

Carrie's service to Tippecanoe County includes participating in the Opioid Overdose Fatality Review Team Pilot program in 2018, the Child Fatality Review Team, and chairing the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team in Tippecanoe in 2009. She has appeared on National Geographic/Canada and Discovery Channel/Canada for a case study in bloodspatter and "What's that about?".

Current community boards and task forces include:

• Tippecanoe County Child Fatality Review Team

• Tippecanoe County Suicide/Overdose Fatality Review Team

• Fetal/Infant Mortality Review Team

• Tippecanoe Regional Opioid Settlement Community Committee

• Indiana Coroners Association-Full Member

•  American Academy of Forensic Sciences -Fellow

• International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners

• National Association of Medical Examiners -Affiliate Investigator

• Association of Indiana Counties, Inc. – Member

Carrie has over 22 years of law enforcement experience at the Purdue University Police Department and retired as a Lieutenant. Her law enforcement experience includes investigations, threat assessment, court testimony, dignitary protection detail, case management, and training.

Carrie has presented and co-authored several case studies and research at state and national conferences.  She has presented research and professional papers at State and National conferences.  Some of those papers and research presented include:

• Child Abuse/Torture Murder Case Study, American Academy of Forensic Science Conference

• Homicide Case Study, American Academy of Forensic Science Conference 

• A comparative study of Purdue University Student Deaths vs. Non-student Deaths, American Academy of Forensic Science Conference

• A comparative study of Purdue University Student Deaths vs. Non-student Deaths, Indiana    Coroner Training Board

• Bloodstain Evidence at a Crime Scene, College and University Police and Investigators     Conference, George Mason University, VA 

• A 10-year study of Purdue University Student Deaths, American Academy of Forensic Science Conference

• Death Investigation and Forensic Entomology Case Study, Dr. David Avolt Memorial      Coroner Training Conference  

Carrie Costello - Coroner - Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office | LinkedIn 

email: carrie4coroner@gmail.com

 Approved by the Committee to Re-elect Carrie4Coroner