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After a ten-hour excavation the remains are brought back to the morgue and examined by dr. daniel spitz, the medical examiner for macomb county, michigan. >> were trying to fill in the gaps as to what actually happened. weve never got a confession on this case. the prosecutor still doesnt know what the cause of death is. we are hoping today to help determine how this girl died. >> ream claims he buried cindy after she accidentally fell down a warehouse elevator shaft in 1986. in addition to tryi...

The external exam of mrs. moore revealed nothing. >> were still trying to figure out exactly what happened. >> finally, as he dissects the heart, dr. spitz finds the elusive answer. >> it wasnt long before i identified a severe coronary artery narrowing that involved one of her main coronary arteries that precipitated a sudden cardiac arythmia and sudden death. >> there is a very profound blockage in the beginning portion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. you can see right at the ...

Injuries if any he has related to that. >> as dr. spitz gets ready to start the internal exam, everyone crowds around to see the photographs taken at the scene of mr. kruegers death. even for seasoned veterans its a shocking sight. >> look at right here. thats how they found him. he really had to fall hard. >> after about an hours worth of prep work, its finally time for dr. spitz to make the first cut for the internal exam. >> when was this guy last seen alive relative to his -- >> seen by his ...

Hello. mr. markham? >> dr. spitz reaches out to the womans husband to see whether his story will corroborate the findings in the autopsy room. >> i just wanted to let you know the exam was done yesterday. and wanted to ask you a couple questions if i could. was she having abdominal pain? did she have a fever? >> and i told him, when he asked me about the pain i told him she had pain in her right side. >> what happened really close to the time that she passed? did she go lay down or did she colla...

Of concealing the death. you will also miss cases where somebody had a natural event that essentially caused their death. actually while the person was in the water. >> after the hour plus autopsy dr. spitz has reached a conclusion which toxicology reports confirm weeks later. the mans system had no trace of drugs or alcohol. his death is purely accidental. >> it certainly looks to be a drowning death. there is probably a component of the environment where he was swimming which caused it to be v...

At first glance dr. daniel spitzs morning routine looks fairly typical. hes picked up his dry cleaning and stopped off for a take out breakfast. but what follows next would leave most people cold. hes about to perform an autopsy on ann palmateer, a 42-year-old caucasian woman found dead and decomposing in her home. >> 42-year-old female found in bed. this is a psychiatric disorder, schizophrenia. hadnt been seen by her family for five days. >> during the course of the investigation, it was found...

Actually. the other case is a 35-year-old man who was swimming in a public beach and a lifeguard there pulled him from the water but after several minutes, though he was transported to the hospital, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> dr. spitz begins with 35-year-old jehad who drowned at the beach saturday afternoon. toxicology samples have been drawn. theyll be sent to the lab for analysis. >> the question would, be it looks like he drowned so why bother to do this? you never want to as...

Medical examiner dr. daniel spitz is finishing up his autopsy of andrea bean, a 42-year-old mother of four found dead in her condominium in macomb county, michigan. >> obviously that doesnt account for the blood thats at the scene. >> hes trying to solve a mystery. a large amount of blood is found throughout andreas home, but strangely, there is no blood on her and no wounds that show where the blood came from. >> again, the question is, is it her blood and how long has it been there? that ones ...

See if theres any scars from previous attempts. the gentleman doesnt seem to have neon this side. hes full of rigor. happens about 12 hours after death. hes also a young man, really good muscle structure. the more muscle you have the more rigor youll have because it binds to the proteins in your muscles. >> once the bodies are photographed and bodily fluids drawn for toxicology testing, dr. spitz begins the external exams. a comprehensive analysis of the body from head to toe. he bounces back an...

It still hurts. >> with cause and manner of death now conclusively determined in both of the days cases, jill moore and ryan sudowsky are ready to be picked up by their respective funeral homes. dr. spitzs work is done for the day. its odd to consider but tomorrows cases may be alive and well at the moment with no idea theyre about to end up on the autopsy table tomorrow morning. but the doctor tried not to think about things like that as he spends whats left of the weekend out on lake st. clair...