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Contusions opposite. thats what these are. these are all contusions. >> right. >> enough to kill you, right? >> yep. he had a very specific bruise pattern of the brain, which is contusions which mean you have a bruise on the brain at the site of the impact and you also have bruising on the brain opposite the site of the impact because of how the brain moves within the skull when there is a head impact. >> having solved charles kruegers cause of death mystery, dr. spitz must now try to determine ...

Circumstances which allow you to come to the conclusion as to whether this is a drug related death. >> once toxicology is drawn, dr. spitz begins to remove the womans fragile organs. he quickly sees that his hunch about an enlarged heart is dead on. >> her heart is awful big for a woman, even an overweight woman. so thats one potential problem right there. the heart? yeah. thats big. >> the average weight of a female heart is 280 grams. anns heart is nearly twice that size. >> when we find an en...

Necessarily normal. i dont want to see something here and be paranoid and cause my kids to not have a normal childhood because of something that i saw. i realize that accidents happen, i realize that traffic accidents are frequent, pedestrian accidents, kids on bikes, drownings. i realize all these things happen. i see them regularly. >> okay, addison, youre in there. >> michigan winters are long and cold. on sunny days like this dr. spitz and his family try to get out on the water as often as t...

Because the woman had a previous episode of smearing bodily fluids around the condo. he says he looked in on her, heard her breathing and left. >> my understanding is the boyfriend did notice some blood, but that maybe she was having a period. >> investigators cart off bags of evidence. as word of the bizarre bloody scene spreads, the local news shows up and the womans death becomes a top story. at the morgue the womans body is put in a walk-in cooler kept at 42 degrees fahrenheit, halting decom...

>> dr. spitz will remove, study, and weigh all vital organs. then hell move on to the head. >> when you do his head, just leave the bone on there. ill take it off so i can see whats in there. weve got some head trauma for sure. >> we kind of got it down to a system between him, me, and christina. weve learned to maneuver in a small area pretty quickly without running into each other, without stabbing each other, which is always nice. >> theres a distinct division of duties here in the morgue. ea...

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 some psychiatric illness. shes got some medical problems re...

Any other obvious explanation for the womans death. >> really not much else we can do right now, just contact the medical examiner, talk to him, explain the circumstances. >> if you need help ill give you a hand. >> dwayne locksmith a medical investigator for st. claire county which is also in dr. spitz jurisdiction, organizes the transfer of ms. palmateers body to the morgue. dr. spitz will attempt to rule a cause of death in the morning. >> first thing monday morning, ann palmateers body is re...

Investigators gets there and talks to the family, investigates the scene firsthand, takes photographs and actually examines the body. >> okay. so hes in the garage right now cut down? >> from what i understand he had a couple friends come over. >> okay. well go take a look. see what we got. >> did they remove the rope from his neck? >> by 7:00 a.m. investigator bill robinette has been briefed by officers on the scene and begun an external exam on the man identified as 19-year-old ryan sudowsky. ...

Daniel spitz to determine whether the death of charles krueger jr. is the result of an unfortunate accident or a criminal incident. coming up next, information from a neighbor may shed light on the case. >> well, the last time i came out between 4:30 and 5:00 in the morning there was the same van parked out in front of the house. >> it will take serious police work to piece together this mysterious puzzle. >> im thinking that he -- from that face stuff that he had to hit face first.

>> these were upstairs, including the kitchen and the landing. this gun was hanging on the wall. and when he hit the wall, jarred it loose. >> side by side, renee and her husband snap photos of the deceased. she for the medical examiner, he for the east point police. once they fully assess the scene, renee had the body moved to the kitchen floor so she can do a proper physical exam. when shes done, a company contracted by the county will transport mr. kruegers body to the morgue where dr. spitz ...