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Extensive documentation process required by the chief medical examiner, dr. corey. they assume nothing, because they know they wont get a second chance to examine the body. >> and i have only one opportunity to document the findings as i see them that day. >> they have to be prepared for anything that could happen with the case in the future. for example, if it does go to trial. what if a defense attorney suggests that natural disease contributed to roys death? dr. coreys office looks for eviden...

Jobs that medical examiners and coroners do. coroners in kentucky, like bill lee, are elected law enforcement officials. they go to death scenes, take charge of the bodies. and then try to help the families cope. medical examiners are forensic pathologists who perform autopsies. who determine cause of death. possibly providing answers to grieving family members and criminal investigators alike. >> but were there to try to answer the questions of -- how did this person die? when did this person d...

>> unique because, at the time, there was no evidence of foul play. no suspects. not even a body. >> were being approached before there technically was a case. >> prosecutor shaw says the attorney talked to him in somewhat vague terms, holding back information, hoping to cut a deal for his client. >> at this stage, the defense attorneys not telling us who his client is. hes telling us the type of information he has. but he is telling us this is the person who committed the homicide. >> and most ...

Needed to pay. >> clayton kerr confessed to police that he shot and buried roy jeffries because, he said, jeffries had made a pass at his girlfriend. he then led police to the shallow grave where the two detectives on the case, as well as county coroner bill lee, battled frigid temperatures and frozen ground to dig up the body. >> theres a hand. >> yes. >> right lung, 600. >> in kentucky, dr. tracey corey, the chief medical examiner, and her staff, do autopsies to determine the cause for all sus...

>> it turns out kerrs confession also revealed meeks had a role in the crime. >> are you the same person named in the indictment in this case? >> yes, maam. >> kerr told police he picked up meeks from work after the murder and she went back to the woods with him to help bury the body. >> did savannah ever touch the body? >> she didnt want to get close to it. she was afraid. >> in her own videotaped confession meeks acknowledged she assisted in the nighttime burial. >> i held the flashlight while...

Called to this scene by police. normally hes part of the investigative team only after a dead body has been found. but this time theres no body, only the suspicion of one. >> 20 years as coroner, thats the first time i had to uncover a buried body. >> after coroner lee got the call at 3:00 a.m. to join the hunt, by prearrangement he immediately notified nbc news. we were in kentucky with exclusive access to cover life in the death business. cases being handled by louisvilles medical examiners an...

>> clayton kerr confessed to police that he shot and buried roy jeffries because, he said, jeffries had made a pass at his girlfriend. he then led police to the shallow grave where the two detectives on the case, as well as county coroner bill lee, battled frigid temperatures and frozen ground to dig up the body. >> theres a hand. >> yes. >> right lung, 600. >> in kentucky, dr. tracey corey, the chief medical examiner, and her staff, do autopsies to determine the cause for all suspicious and une...

Autopsies on the fire victims. then when a table opens up for roy jeffries. >> were ready for him. rock and roll. >> its medical examiner dr. donna hunsaker, a nine-year veteran of the louisville office, who handles the case. >> this is 070116. >> roy jeffries gets his own number. 070116. hes the medical examiners 116th case of 2007. >> do we have the detective somewhere for this gentleman? >> in fact, there are two detectives. theyve had a long couple of days beginning with the questioning of k...

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