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Accused of keeping body part from autopsy

Updated: Friday, 11 May 2012, 5:21 PM CDT
Published : Friday, 11 May 2012, 12:18 PM CDT

CRANDON (AP) - A former medical examiner charged in Oneida County with keeping a body part from an autopsy is facing a similar accusation in Forest County.

Traci England was charged earlier this year in Oneida County after police say she kept a piece of cadaver spine to train her dog. The 44-year-old Rhinelander woman has pleaded not guilty to misconduct in office.

Now a criminal complaint filed in Forest County accused England of keeping tissue from a body in another autopsy performed the same day as the Oneida County case. Forest County has a contract with Oneida County for medical examiner services.

Her attorney, Joel Hirschhorn tells WAOW-TV the tissue was being discarded anyway. Hirschhorn says it's sad for everyone involved, including England, the family and the community. England resigned following her arrest in January.