“Idaho is consistently among the states with the highest suicide rates in the country, and the Ada County Coroner’s Office says suicide rates in the Treasure Valley are on the rise.”
![Coroner Dotti Owens meeting with reporter Karen Lehr](https://adacounty.id.gov/coroner/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/Dotti.Article.jpg)
“Idaho is consistently among the states with the highest suicide rates in the country, and the Ada County Coroner’s Office says suicide rates in the Treasure Valley are on the rise.”
Coroner Owens identified the man who died from injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle in a Boise crosswalk.
Coroner Owens identified the 41 year-old woman after she was found in a Meridian home on Tuesday night.
Coroner Owens identified the woman struck and killed in the crosswalk at Milwaukee and Northview on February 27th.
“It’s not something that the staff at the Ada County Coroner’s Office wants to do, or even talk about. But if they run out of space, there really isn’t an option other than “stacking bodies.” “Stacking,” however, doesn’t mean the staff is piling bodies on top of each other. It means they might have to put two