Lisa Mayhew, MS
Death Investigator, North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical ExaminerFor the past 17 years, Lisa Mayhew has served as the Child Death Investigator and
Trainer for the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and NC Child
Fatality Prevention Team. Her duties include conducting investigations of death of
children under the age of 18 years statewide, and providing assistance on investigations
to local and state agencies. She operates the training program for Child Death
Investigations through the OCME and North Carolina Justice Academy, as well as
providing training to law enforcement across the country. She has a passion for policy
development, interdisciplinary collaboration, communicating with grieving families, and
specializes in scene reconstruction. With both her bachelor and master’s degrees in
Child Development, she spent the first part of her career working with medically fragile
and special needs children and their families. When not working, you can find her on the
back of a horse.