NUECES COUNTY, Texas \u2014 Nueces County has a new chief medical examiner \u2014 the third in the past two years.<\/p>\n
At today’s Nueces County Commissioner’s meeting, the appointment of Dr. Diane-Ngam H. Trang was unanimously approved. Her annual salary will be just over $412,000.<\/p>\n
Trang has been serving as interim chief medical examiner since July. That’s when the previous chief medical examiner, Dr. Rajesh Kannan, resigned after just 14 months on the job.<\/p>\n
Trang also served as assistant medical examiner under Kannan.<\/p>\n
Kannan replaced Dr. Timothy Fagen who resigned in 2023 after just one year on the job.<\/p>\n
When Fagen resigned in August 2023, his office had been under investigation since January 2022.<\/p>\n
The week before Fagen resigned, 6 Investigates reported the director of operations for the medical examiner’s office had submitted a letter of retirement stating he could no longer work for Fagen due to unethical behavior.<\/p>\n
County commissioners suspended out of county autopsies after learning the county was not gaining any revenue from the surrounding 18 counties.<\/p>\n
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