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Authorities in macomb county, michigan, descend on a remote wooded area near a river. a convicted killer has confessed to burying a young girl here 22 years ago. >> everyone was on scene as the excavation unfolded over the course of many hours. >> looks like the purse. >> it does look like the coat. -- the coats over the head. >> yeah. >> the digging stops when skeletal remains are found. >> then it became a medical examiner case really because human remains found in the county believed to be re...

Scene and see the circumstances around it because it can change. >> she follows a routine. >> i usually start at the head, looking for any deformities to the head, any depressed skull fractures, bullet holes, anything that shouldnt be there. then i go to the eyes, the neck, then work my way down the chest to make sure there are no stab wounds, no gunshot wounds, any trauma to the body, making that assessment and then work my way down. >> she doesnt see any sign of foul play. >> he was lying peac...

>> the organs are weighed and inspected, all look healthy. >> nice coronary arteries. >> yeah, nice. >> but then dr. spitz finds something that gets everyones attention. >> that is an iud. >> it is an iud. >> she does have an iud. the question is, when did she have it put in? >> police officers crowd in. could the womans intrauterine device have something to do with all the blood? >> theres been some information put forth by the boyfriend that he thought this was menstrual blood because he saw t...

I relayed that to the police now who are in the process of determining whose blood does that belong to. >> dr. spitz and detectives believe the womans psychiatric history may hold the keys to understanding her death and the bloody scene. >> it is going to be a medical or toxicology issue that we sort out after we get more results in. >> okay. >> take some fingerprints and then were done. weve gained a lot of information over the last 24 hours about whats going on. this woman, unfortunately, has ...

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. we never got a confession on this case, the prosecutor still doesnt know what the cause of death is. were 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 trying to determine the cause and manner...

Had a purse with her. >> this looks to be like a black, like a plastic maybe leather type bag. >> dr. spitz carefully goes through every scrap. >> mainly im looking for any kind of damage to the clothing that could be indicative of an injury that she may have sustained. youre looking for clues as to what may have caused her death. >> the clothes and purse seem to point to a teenaged girl. but the bones tell even more. after several hours of sifting through the remains, dr. spitz lays the skeleto...

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 ...

>> they unwrap the womans hands, which were covered with paper bags at the scene to preserve potential evidence. because of the suspicious nature of the death, forensic nurses are brought in to perform a sexual assault exam. >> got cervical swabs. >> they meticulously pull samples from the body and place them into marked envelopes and bags which are sent to a lab for analysis. kristina and michelle take several samples of blood from different parts of the body. >> you got enough for tox. >> urin...

>> andrea was experiencing postpartum depression. >> after delivering her fourth child she had severe postpartum depression with major psychosis. she had 17 hospitalizations in 2 1/2 years. >> dr. spitz will research the case further and wait for toxicology tests to come back before he determines the cause of death and signs andrea beans death certificate. >> right now it is a bit of waiting mode. and i think thats important for people to realize that we often dont get answers in the course of a...

Revealed. police have responded to several disturbances at the residence in the past. she also has a history of mental illness, information that may help ultimately determine the cause of death. >> you never know when you are going to hold the vital piece of evidence, have the crucial finding, that a-ha moment. >> two morgue attendants assist dr. spitz with the autopsy. >> im already done with tox. >> kristina heisler. >> what i like about the death industry in general is that its none like any ...