United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983Atlanta Journal-Constitution1998-09-14Printed on negative envelope: "Dr. James C. Metts Jr. Chatham County Coroner. 1998-09-14. Staff Photo by Bill Hendrick." Printed on assignment sheet: "Sleuth 1: Savannah, Ga. Dr. James C. Metts Jr., Chatham County coroner, is called almost daily when murders or other mysterious deaths occurs. He is the person who orders autopsies, and he's attending one here for a 23 year old man who had been shot to death the night before. He is watching and giving directions to Dr. Michael Ladwig, the pathologist (right), and Michael Gregory, the morgue attendant at St. Josephs/Candler Health Systems, a Savannah Hospital. Sleuth 2: Savannah, Ga. The bones of Count Pulaski? Dr. James Metts Jr. carefully handles bones thought to be those of Revolutionary War hero Gen. Casimir Pulaski at GBI Crime Lab in Savannah. Metts is the county coroner. Sleuth 3: Savannah, Ga. Dr. James C. Metts Jr., Chatham County coroner, holds the skull believed to be that of County Casimir Pulaski, a Revolutionary War hero killed in the Battle of Savannah in 1779 whose remains were found in a crumbling monument. Metts is leading a delegation to Poland on September 19 to collect DNA from a descendant of Pulaski to make a positive identification. The bones are stored at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in Savannah. Sleuth 4: Savannah, Ga. Dr. James C. Metts Jr., Chatham County coroner, works 12 hour days and donates much of his earnings to charities. Here he signs forms after making rounds seeing many elderly patients at a local nursing home. At left is nurse Patty Thompson, who made rounds with him."image/jp2http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive;Photographic Collections;Forensic sciencesCemeteriesWar casualtiesCounty coroner Dr. James C. Metts with the placard of Casimir Pulaski, 1998StillImage