Cook to seek coroner post

Decatur Daily Democrat:

Former Adams County Coroner Leslie L. (Barker) Cook has announced that she will seek a new four-year term, subject to the Republican primary.

She is the only announced candidate for the office.

Cook, a rural Decatur resident, has served in the coroner's office since 1998 and currently is the deputy corner under her husband, Mark Ccok, who was elected coroner four years ago. Leslie Cook was appointed coroner in 1998, then won election to the office from 2000-2004 and 2004-2008.

A 1992 graduate of IPFW and a Registered Nurse, Cook has been employed since 1995 at Forensic Nursing Specialties in Fort Wayne, She is a board-certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner providing patient care to men, women and children who report sexual assault/molestation, and serves as Chief Clinical Nurse responsible for conducting local, state, and regional trainings.