Construction begins on new forensic center

Construction has begun on a forensic center that will serve areas of West Tennessee.
A state-of-the-art Shelby County Regional Forensic Center is expected to open early next year, The Commercial Appeal reports. The building is expected to cost up $13 million and will offer more room for autopsies, death investigators and medical students.
The current forensic center is located in a former hospital built in 1925. It handled 908 autopsies from Memphis and surrounding counties last year.
Other areas of the state have updated forensic centers in recent years. A new $5 million forensic center opened in Nashville in 2001 and East Tennessee State University’s medical school spent $6.5 million renovating its forensic center in 2007.