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She has a distended and perforated bowel. she had recent surgery. i think shes had some complications here. yes, there have been less than desirable autopsies today. >> as dr. spitz wraps up the internal exam the body of providence marie markham speaks to him loud and clear. >> it was almost at the time of the first cut that we knew what happened. sometimes thats what happens. you make one incision and there it is. she had perforated her intestine and caused peritonitis, an infection in the abdo...

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 peacefully on the bed, almost like h...

Swollen mess. she has a distended and perforated bowel. she had recent surgery. i think shes had some complications here. yes, there have been less than desirable autopsies today. >> as dr. spitz wraps up the internal exam the body of providence marie markham speaks to him loud and clear. >> it was almost at the time of the first cut that we knew what happened. sometimes thats what happens. you make one incision and there it is. she had perforated her intestine and caused peritonitis, an infecti...

With so much blood, investigators cant rule out foul play. >> it looks like a suspicious death. we dont really know what happened. >> dr. spitz and his staff at the medical examiners office are responsible for investigating all suspicious or unexplained deaths in macomb and st. clair counties, a collection of 66 suburban townships, cities and villages outside of detroit. >> we work with the police at the scene so that nothing is missed. and the police, while they do a good job at investigating, ...

Dr. spitz will perform both autopsies first thing in the morning. coming up -- >> it is full of rigor. happens about 12 hours after death. >> will ryans autopsy reveal anything other than a straightforward suicide? and more cases. did this man have a heart attack in the water or was it a standard issue drowning? >> did a bystander find him first? >> lifeguard. >> okay. phil! oh no... (under his breath) hey man! hey peter. (unenthusiastic) oh... ha ha ha! joanne? is that you? its me... you dont...

>> 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. claire with his famil...

Toxicology results for curt lewitski, a 36-year-old man who died in bed, show high levels of several prescription drugs in his system. dr. spitz records the cause of death as an accidental overdose. >> it showed he was acutely intoxicated by alcohol .15, it also showed that he had methadone, hydrocodone and oxymorphone. some pretty potent pain medications. lab results solved the mystery of how andrea bean died. she was found in her bed with blood smeared throughout the house, but with no blood...

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. or the hat. >> 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 related to some ty...

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...

>> 911, where is your emergency? >> a woman is found dead in her home. blood is streaked and splattered throughout the premises. >> shes got her head and her neck wedged between the bed and the wall. >> okay. >> her kitchen and her hallway is covered in blood. >> minutes later, dr. daniel spitz, the chief medical examiner for macomb and st. clair counties in michigan, is on his way to the location. >> apparently theres quite a bit of blood at the scene. im not sure what kind of wounds were deali...