by Janet Slinkard | Dec 29, 2025 | Trending
As a parent navigating the heart-wrenching reality of losing my daughter, Cory, to a fentanyl-related homicide, I find myself in a unique position among the founding members of the Not an Accident Campaign. I am the only one whose case does not include a legal...
by Janet Slinkard | Dec 17, 2025 | Trending
Every time I hear the word accident, when citing motor vehicle crashes, I cringe, especially when I see or hear it in the media or from a crash victim or survivor. Accident: An unexpected happening causing loss or injury which is not due to any fault or misconduct on...
by Janet Slinkard | Dec 14, 2025 | Trending
WILLIAMSPORT — Drug deaths in Lycoming County attributed to an overdose of heroin now are ruled homicides. Coroner Charles E. Kiessling said Wednesday it is time to stop dancing around the issue and “call it what it is.” He now lists homicide as the...
by Janet Slinkard | Dec 9, 2025 | Trending
“Mourning is the most intense process that most people ever go through. Grief is complex, unpredictable and primal. Many people are frightened by it-frightened by feeling it, frightened by seeing in others. Fortunately, there are ways to move through it, and those...
by Janet Slinkard | Dec 8, 2025 | Trending
Overdose Deaths, Manner of Death, and the Meaning of “Homicide” Under common law and everyday understanding, “homicide” describes a death that occurs at the hands of another person. That is, someone else’s actions caused the death — regardless of whether the act was...
by Janet Slinkard | Dec 8, 2025 | Trending
Why the Practice Persists — and Why It Should Be Reexamined Proponents of the current standard argue that manner-of-death classification should reflect intent, not just causation. Under this view, “homicide” should be reserved for cases where the evidence shows a...
