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Yes, there have been less than desirable autopsies today. >> as dr. spitz wraps up the internal exam the body of providence marie markham speaks to him loud and clear. >> it was almost at the time of the first cut that we knew what happened. sometimes that's what happens. you make one incision and there it is. she had perforated her intestine and caused peritonitis, an infection in the abdomen that allowed contamination of the abdominal cavity, which then caused septic shock and a fairly rapid death. hello. mr. markham? >> dr. spitz reaches out to the woman's husband to see whether his story w...

To the inner workings of his office just north of detroit. it's only saturday morning. anything can happen this weekend and it will. it's a different thing every day. i go to the crime scenes and i work with death and injury cases so i never know when my phone rings what the next mystery will be. ♪ ♪ the office responds to any death that is suspicious, within st. clair counties. if a terminally ill person dies an actual death and their doctor is willing to sign a death certificate the body generally does not need to come in to the morgue, but the case just called in has many unanswered que...

Historically, the area's largest employer has been the automotive industry. but with some of the highest unemployment and foreclosure rates in the country things have been grim around here. >> in its heyday, this was a booming community. lately it's been very difficult time because of the economy. it's caused a lot of people to lose their jobs and have hardships they didn't expect to have. and i think as the medical examiner i see the direct result of it. the suicides have been frequent. >> he's tagged. ready to go. let dad see him for a minute. okay, guys. we're going to take him back to our ...

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 that they're about to end up on the autopsy table tomorrow morning. but the doctor tries not to think about things like that as he spends what's left of the weekend out on lake st. clair with his family. >> go for a ride. as far as taking my work home, i try not to. you know, i don't think it would be good. it would cause me to do things and act in a way that's not necessarily normal. i don't want to see something here and be paranoid and cause my kids to not have a...

More rigor you'll have because it binds to the proteins in your muscles. >> once the bodies are photographed and bodily fluids drawn for toxicology testing, dr. spitz begins the external exams. a comprehensive analysis of the body from head to toe. he bounces back and forth between the two cases, beginning with jill moore. because of her initial symptom this week severe jaw pain at first everyone is wondering whether the dental work had anything to do with mrs. moore's sudden death. >> we have a mystery. we don't know what happened. the doors were baffl. the husband was beside himself. nobody ...