Tarrant County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani will retire at the end of September, ending a 42-year run that erupted recently in scandals amid investigations into mistakes in autopsies and questionable trial testimony in a death penalty case, according to two officials with knowledge of his decision.
Peerwani, 74, notified county leaders of his decision in a formal retirement letter recently, the officials said. The retirement is effective Sept. 30.
Peerwani has been Tarrant County medical examiner since July 1979 and also serves as medical examiner for Parker, Denton and Johnson counties.
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