ZURIK: Coroner accused of padding paycheck with potentially unnecessary autopsies
By Lee Zurik & Dannah Sauer | WVUE | March 1, 2023 CLICK FOR VIDEO NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – In about two years, Dr. John King, the longtime coroner in Lafourche Parish, earned an extra $69,900 of taxpayer money on top of his salary. A 2011 ordinance set King’s salary at $25,000. Before the council…