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Some jaw pain and was really being treated for that but nobody felt it was much of anything and she was actually being scheduled to be sent home and all of a sudden went into cardiac arrest and died, so an unusual situation. >> sunday may be a day of rest for many but for macomb county, michigan medical examiner dr. daniel spitz, the work never stops. >> took what kind of blood so far? >> three and one. >> christina heisler, one of dr. spitz's two assistants, prepares both of today's cases simultaneously. the first is jill moore, a 44-year-old mother who went to the hospital complaining of hea...

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. it almost occludes the lumen of the coronary artery. >...

>> with cause and manner of death now conclusively determined in both of the day's cases, jill moore and ryan sudowsky are ready to be picked up by their respective funeral homes. dr. spitz's work is done for the day. it's odd to consider but tomorrow's cases may be alive and well at the moment with no idea they're about to end up on the autopsy table tomorrow morning. but the doctor tried not to think about things like that as he spends what's left of the weekend out on lake st. claire with his family. >> you want to swim? go for a ride? as far as taking my work home, i try not to. you know, ...

Psychogenic polydipsia. there is a compelling urge to consume large amounts of water in the polydipsia. the psychogenic part means it's brought on by an underlying psychiatric illness or psychosis. >> the autopsy results are not a surprise to her family. andrea had been hospitalized for the condition before. >> andrea had a history of three other episodes of these instances. she would have a seizure, stop breathing and nearly die from cardiac arrest. >> dr. spitz is able to determine the cause and manner of andrea's death. the blood found throughout her house remains a mystery. because of a ba...

Other tests help solve more cases. 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 on her. tests show a severe electrolight imbalance caused her de...