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And he is found naked, appears to be a lot of blood at the scene and it sounds like his head is thrown into a wall. >> renee is one of six investigators who work for the macomb county investigator dr. daniel spitz. >> they work around the clock, going to scenes, working with the police, basically being the eyes and ears for the office and telling the story of the deceased person. >> it isn't the law that requires investigators to show up at death scenes. it's dr. spitz's rule implemented when he was appointed in 2004. prior to that investigators didn't have to physically attend death scenes ma...

Years. >> the family described this. she always 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 i'm looking for any kind of damage to the clothing that could be indicative of an injury that she may have sustained. you are looking for any clues as to what may have caused her death. >> the clothes and purse seem to point to a teenage girl. but the bones tell even more. after several hours of sifting through the remains, dr. spitz lays the skeleton out carefully. >> the characteristics of th...

>> 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 she's done, a company contracted by the county will transport mr. krueger's body to the morgue where dr. spitz will perform an autopsy first thing tomorrow morning. based monday krueger's history of alcoholism, it could appear he's the victim of a drunken accident. >> he'd obviously been down a while. >> but renee is careful not to jump to any con...

Examiner's office and an autopsy being done. >> he's been fascinated with this subspecialty of medicine since childhood. his father, dr. werner spitz is one of the country's best known forensic pathologists. after graduating from medical school in 1995 he did six more years of training in anatomic, clinical, and forensic pathology. >> it's not a field that attracts huge numbers of people. it's not billed as being glamorous like you see on various television shows but it has its own reasons for my interest. >> on this sunday afternoon in macomb county dr. spitz is about to solve a medical myste...

Sunday is a day of rest for most people in macomb county, michigan. but the dead don't discriminate week days from weekends. by 8:00 a.m., all the key players begin arriving at the macomb county medical examiner's office. >> this is a 24/7 operation -- holidays, weekends, it doesn't really matter. sometimes the days that other people aren't working are our busy days. >> the medical examiner dr. daniel spitz is about to perform an autopsy on charles krueger jr., the man found naked with his head crashed through a wall. dr. spitz's two assistants, michelle waters and christina