Story by Staff Sgt. Noah Coger September 22, 2026 at 09:54AM “I have always felt like I do my best work when the stakes are the highest.”
Born in Baltimore and raised in York County, Pennsylvania, Wayne Hopkins, an Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES) medicolegal death investigator (MDI), has built his life and career through service.<br /><a href="https://www.dvidshub.net/news/575318/firefighter-medicolegal-death-investigator-wayne-hopkins"><img src="https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2609/9956736/250w_q95.jpg" width="250" alt="Firefighter to Medicolegal Death Investigator – Wayne Hopkins" /></a>
