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Certain. >> dr. spitz empties bags of dirt and remains collected at the burial site on to the autopsy table. he finds disintegrated strips of clothes. >> fabric is almost reduced to like thin paper. >> and bones. >> we're going to start with carefully cleaning off these bones. these are ribs and fragments of ribs. all the bones were covered in dirt. the skull was completely filled with hard dirt, vegetation, roots, all types of things were growing through all the different orifices of the skull. >> also recovered, a purse with belongings. it's an important clue. >> this is probably the most in...

A lot of it could be post mortem. so we'll see what kind of 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 -- >> he was cutting the front grass. he was seen by ...

People around. the lifeguard should put more effort to help people. there are several lifeguard over there. there is not one, not only one. >> tomorrow's cases are wheeled into the morgue's 42-degree cooler. in just a few hours, they'll be in the hands of dr. spitz. another set of strangers in life, two people who most likely never crossed paths, now share the same room for one night in death before being studied and then sent off to their final resting places. first thing monday morning, all hands are on deck. as dr. spitz gets ready to perform the two autopsies of the day. >> one is a 47-yea...

Authorities to the secret spot. 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...

No blood, not on his underwear. a little bit but not dripping down his legs. >> so he broke both bifold doors off their hinges? >> yes. >> and then kept going down the stairs and through the wall. >> dr. spitz performs hundreds of autopsies every year. he's seen a lot since taking this job in 2004 but the case of charles krueger jr. has to be one of the strangest deaths yet. >> yeah. there he is. >> wow. >> totally through. >> so half of his body's on the landing and the other half is like in the basement. >> yes. >> okay. well, we shall see. there's a lot of unanswered questions. did this man...