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>> the woman is identified. andrea bean. and more of her story is revealed. police have responded to several disturbances at the residence in the past. she also has a history of mental illness, information that may help ultimately determine the cause of death. >> you never know when you are going to hold the vital piece of evidence, have the crucial finding, that ah-ha moment. >> two morgue attendants assist dr. spitz with the autopsy. >> i'm already done with tox. >> kristina heisler. >> what i like about the death industry in general is that it's none like any other. >> and michelle waters. ...

It was sort of a sudden collapse actually. the other case is a 35-year-old man who was swimming in a public beach and a lifeguard there pulled him from the water but after several minutes, though he was transported to the hospital, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> dr. spitz begins with 35-year-old jehad who drowned at the beach saturday afternoon. toxicology samples have been drawn. they'll be sent to the lab for analysis. >> the question would, be it looks like he drowned so why bother to do this? you never want to assume that a body recovered from water is a drowning death. because...

Bleeding, there are questions about whether he's been sexually assaulted. a team of forensic nurses is brought in to take samples which will be sent to a lab for analysis. >> and the reason we were called in was because it's a suspicious death. it's not known at this point what the cause of death was. >> you're done? okay. cool. thanks. >> all autopsies begin with an external exam. as michelle and christina clean off the body, dr. spitz takes note of any physical injuries. >> all right. let's roll him this way and then roll him the other way and we shall soon start. holy cow. >> mr. krueger's ...

>> 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 mystery, the case of 44-year-old jill moore, who h...

Medical examiner dr. daniel spitz is finishing up his autopsy of andrea bean, a 42-year-old mother of four found dead in her condominium in macomb county, michigan. >> obviously that doesn't account for the blood that's at the scene. >> he's trying to solve a mystery. a large amount of blood is found throughout andrea's home, but strangely, there is no blood on her and no wounds that show where the blood came from. >> again, the question is, is it her blood and how long has it been there? that one's recent. i mean, you can see the little tags of skin that haven't dried out or anything. >> dr. ...