Our next meeting is Sunday, September 9
at the Parker Library - 20105 Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80134
​ Second Floor - Conference Room
2:00-4:00 PM

Jill Romann, Douglas County Coroner
Forensics for Writers​ 

September Program

Jill Romann, Douglas County Coroner
Forensics for Writers

Please Note:
​This presentation deals with death investigations and may contain graphic material

Program:
Forensics for Writers.
Wrongful Death? Homicide? Time of Death? How do you know?
Getting the details wrong in your book or short story can be as distracting to readers as poor grammar or a misspelled word, but Parker Writers Group has got you covered. Jill's presentation is perfect for thriller and mystery writers who want to get it right and of interest to anyone who might wonder about this aspect of life and death. 

The class covers the functions of the coroner's job as well has how she makes the determinations such as of time of death, causes of death and manner of death. 

About ​Jill Romann

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Jill Romann received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.  She began her training as a medicolegal death investigator in the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. During the course of her career she was promoted to Lead Investigator and was recruited from Minneapolis as the Senior Investigator for Minnesota Regional Coroner’s Office (later the Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office).

As the Senior Investigator she was responsible for the staff of 27 medicolegal death investigators, prosectors (people who assist during an autopsy), college interns, state statutes and the families.
Jill is a forensic fellow with American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (one of less than 200 in the nation) and has assisted with thousands of autopsies, and trained under the highest regarded forensic pathologists in the country.

Jill served as the Chief Deputy in the Coroner’s Office before becoming the Douglas County County Coroner in November 2014. She has twice held the Chair for North Central Mass Fatality. (A consortium of our 10 urban counties working together under FEMA.) Under her service, Douglas County has been distinguished by Donor Alliance and Lion’s Eye Bank, as the most proactive donation agency in the state.

Jill has also managed an orphanage in Cebu, Philippines, a juvenile delinquent home for Youth for Christ and while raising her family, created a “safe-House” for Bloods, Crypts and Vice Lords, who wanted out of Minneapolis gang life.

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August

Sunday, August 12
2:00 - 4:00 PWG Monthly Meeting
Angie Hodapp
The Two-hour MFA: a guide to artful prose.
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​Sunday, August 26
2:00 - 4:00 Open Critique - Parker Library 
Second Floor Conference Room

September 2018

Sunday, September 9
2:00 - 4:00 PWG Monthly Meeting
Jill Romann, Douglas County Coroner
Forensics for Writers
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​Sunday, September 30
2:00 - 4:00 Open Critique - Parker Library 
Second Floor Conference Room

October 2018

Sunday, October 14
2:00 - 4:00 PWG Monthly Meeting
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​Sunday, October 28
2:00 - 4:00 Open Critique - Parker Library 
Second Floor Conference Room
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