Tucson's Office of the Medical Examiner gets new digs
ABOVE: Visitors walk through the new cold storage area that can hold the remains of up to 300 people during a tour Wednesday of the new Office of the Medical Examiner building at 3050 E. Milber St. Dr. Greg Hess, chief medical examiner, says he hopes to be fully moved in by the end of the year. RIGHT: Work on the facility started in November 2022 and cost about $45 million.
Dr. Greg Hess, Pima County’s chief medical examiner, discussing the new autopsy suite Wednesday while giving a tour of the department’s new 34,000 square-foot facility. Work on the facility started in November 2022 and cost about $45 million. Hess says he hopes to be fully moved in by the end of the year.

