Cyril Wecht, a famed pathologist who once checked
Elvis Presley and other celebrities' deceased bodies has been tried on charges alleging him of using public resources to further his multimillion-dollar private practice while working as Allegheny County medical examiner and coroner in Pennsylvania. As a never-made-more-than-$64,000-a-year county coroner, Cyril Wecht, 76, was thought impossible to gross nearly $9 million from 1997 through 2004 in his private practice. He is now charged with 41 counts, including wire fraud, mail fraud and theft. The trial starting form Monday is expected to last about two months. Source:
CNN &
Philly
