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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. >> we're trying to fill in the gaps as to what actually happened. we've never got a confession on this case. the prosecutor still doesn't 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 trying to determine the cause and manner of death, dr. spitz will use whatever methods he can to posi...

The external exam of mrs. moore revealed nothing. >> we're still trying to figure out exactly what happened. >> finally, as he dissects the heart, dr. spitz finds the elusive answer. >> it wasn't 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 tip of my scalpel it shows a yellow plaque. which almost owe cluds the coronary artery. >> jill mo...

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. krueger's death. even for seasoned veterans it's a shocking sight. >> look at right here. that's how they found him. he really had to fall hard. >> after about an hour's worth of prep work, it's 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 neighbor.

Hello. mr. markham? >> dr. spitz reaches out to the woman's 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 collapse or what happened? was she kind of lethargic and really not doing well? you laid her down on the...

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 man's 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 very difficult for him to maintain himself on the water. >> it appears he got swept out of the swimm...