UCO has the state's best funeral and forensic sciences programs at the university level and was already partnering with the ME's office. It's still centrally-located in the state (serves the whole state, not just the OKC metro) and it worked well for UCO to build the office and lease back to the ME rather than having the state appropriate money for a new ME's office, which was sorely needed. It was a little bit of a political hot potato, but it does make quite a bit of sense on a number of levels.