Do family members receive a report detailing the results of investigations?
Investigations at the Institute of Forensic Medicine are generally performed at the request of the public prosecutor's office. This party effectively "owns" the information. As such, our reports are only ever forwarded to the public prosecutor's office as opposed to any third party. This means we are only allowed to provide you – as family members – with direct information if we have permission from the public prosecutor's office to do so. We appreciate your understanding in this regard. We do, however, understand that family members would also like to be informed of the results of investigations. There are basically two options in this respect. You can contact the public prosecutor's office responsible upon completion of the investigations and ask to view the relevant papers. The public prosecutor's office will then decide whether you can do this.
If you would like us to provide you with a better idea of the situation, via a face-to-face discussion for example, the public prosecutor's office responsible must give their consent (which we would try to obtain for you when possible). Call us about this, and we will put you in contact with the relevant physician.