Man At Center of Michael Brown’s Autopsy Has Dubious Past and Sketchy Credentials
Dr. David Borel and Shawn Parcells pose in Borel's office in
Topeka, Kan. Borel, a pathologist, works with Parcells.
Photo by Susan Weich
Posted on 08/19/2014 10:10:56 PM PDT by beaversmom
Shawn Parcells bills himself as a medical investigator, an expert in forensic medicine and a consultant on child abuse.
He has testified at murder trials, taught at universities and conducted lectures for lawyers and police officers.
Parcells, 33, runs Kansas Forensics, a company based in Leawood, Kan., that provides medical examiner services for county coroners in Missouri and Kansas, and private autopsies for families across the country. He says he has observed or helped with more than 1,000 autopsies, and he’s trained in gunshot wounds, strangulation and drug deaths.
But some coroners and medical examiners in Missouri say Parcells has inflated his qualifications and performed autopsies without a medical license. Others allege that doctors whose signatures were on some autopsy reports were not present at the autopsies, did not review the work or never actually signed the documents. Meanwhile, Parcells’ online work profile is filled with inaccurate information.
Some coroners worry that Parcells’ actions could jeopardize criminal cases, potentially allowing a murderer to go free.
Parcells denies any improper behavior, saying jealousy and politics are at the root of what he called rumors about his work.
“What it comes down to is they think I’m trying to play doctor when I’m not,” he said. “I would never do that. I’m not that kind of person.”
Yet last month, the Phelps County prosecutor asked to delay a murder trial because of concerns about a report by Parcells’ company. Public defenders in Phelps and Harrison counties have investigated autopsies Parcells handled in other murder cases. Police in Andrew County are looking into allegations that a pathologist Parcells listed on a 2012 autopsy was never consulted.
The coroner in Pettis County filed a complaint with the Missouri Board of Healing Arts, and several others have discontinued using Parcells’ services because of what they...
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Man At Center of Michael Brown’s Autopsy Has Dubious Past and Sketchy Credentials
Dr. David Borel and Shawn Parcells pose in Borel's office in
Topeka, Kan. Borel, a pathologist, works with Parcells.
Photo by Susan Weich
From an article at cjonline from 2011:
Parcells, 32, is a 1998 graduate of Topeka West High School. He earned his undergraduate degree from Kansas State University in 2002. His graduate study included time in the Jackson County, Mo., medical examiner’s office, the Mayo Clinic and The University of Kansas Medical Center.
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