Who is the medical examiner or coroner for the county where Charlie Kirk reportedly died?

1. What the reporting agrees on: timeline and that an autopsy occurred

Multiple outlets in the provided corpus report that Kirk was shot at a Utah Valley University event on September 10, 2025, and that an autopsy was performed in line with Utah law for homicides ^{[1] [2]}. News summaries and deep pieces describe the shooting, subsequent death, and the expectation that an autopsy report would follow — for example, Hindustan Times notes an autopsy was done and that Utah law requires one in homicide cases ^[2].

2. What the sources say about autopsy findings and public statements

Several items quote or summarize preliminary details being shared by associates and clinicians — including comments that a bullet was reportedly found beneath the skin and that there was no exit wound — but these come from social posts, a surgeon’s remarks, and reporting of statements rather than a published official autopsy document in the available files ^{[3] [4] [5]}. HouseandWhips and UNILAD report that an official autopsy report had not been publicly released at the time of their pieces, leaving room for speculation ^{[3] [4]}.

3. What is missing from these reports: the identity of the medical examiner/coroner

None of the supplied articles or snippets identifies the county coroner or the medical examiner who conducted or signed off on the autopsy. The Hindustan Times, Reuters, Fox News, CNN, Wikipedia summary, and other pieces discuss the autopsy, the shooting, suspects and political fallout, but they do not name the official who carried out the forensic examination or the coroner’s office responsible ^{[2] [6] [7] [8] [1]}. Therefore, the precise name and office are not found in current reporting.

4. Why that detail may not be present in early coverage

Early reportage on high-profile homicides often focuses on the event, suspect, and political reactions; formal forensic releases can be delayed for investigative and legal reasons. HouseandWhips and Hindustan Times explicitly note that the official autopsy report had not been publicly released at the time of their stories and that full forensic reports can take weeks ^{[3] [2]}. That delay can explain the absence of a named medical examiner or coroner in initial articles ^{[3] [2]}.

5. Conflicting/secondary accounts vs. official documentation

Some commentary in the set—social posts by people close to Kirk and reporting that relays their comments—claims specific forensic details (e.g., bullet located beneath the skin) ^{[4] [5]}. Those accounts are secondhand and appear to come from acquaintances or clinicians; outlets caution that official coroner reports had not been released, leaving those accounts unverifiable in the provided material ^{[3] [5]}. Readers should distinguish between preliminary remarks and an official, signed autopsy report issued by a coroner or medical examiner.

6. Where to look next to find the coroner/medical examiner name

Because the reporting here does not include the coroner’s identity, the next steps are to check (a) the county coroner/medical examiner office press releases for the county where the shooting occurred (Orem/Utah County), (b) later updates from established outlets (Reuters, CNN, NYT, local Utah outlets), and (c) any publicly posted autopsy or death investigation reports once released. In the provided sources, Reuters, CNN, and The New York Times have in-depth ongoing coverage of the event and its aftermath but do not, in these excerpts, list the coroner’s name ^{[6] [8] [9]}.

7. Caveats and how to interpret the absence of a name

The absence of a named coroner in this batch of sources is not proof that an official did not perform or sign the autopsy—Hindustan Times explicitly says an autopsy was performed as required by Utah law ^[2]. It only means that the current reporting in these documents does not identify the individual or office responsible (not found in current reporting). If you need the official name for legal, academic, or reporting purposes, prioritize direct public records from the relevant Utah county medical examiner/coroner office or certified copies of the autopsy/death investigation once released.

If you want, I can: (A) scan later updates from Reuters, CNN, NYT and local Utah press for any naming of the coroner (if you provide those articles), or (B) draft a brief template request you could send to the Utah County medical examiner or Orem police to ask who signed the autopsy and when the report will be released.