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I don't know what they are going through, but i try my best to help them through it. >> while rudy leaves to take on the hardest part of his job, the deceased begins his own journey into the los angeles coroner system. 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> coroner's office, this is lieutenant deets. may i help you, please. >> the reports come in of bodies found throughout l.a. county. >> what's the last name? >> those who died under a doctors care can go from hospitals to funeral homes. any suspicious passing falls under the coroner's jurisdiction. >> thank you for calling. you're welcome. bye...

You're welcome. bye, bye. >> the coroner's mission is to recover the bodies from their death scenes, identify them through fingerprinting, locate their families and determine cause of death using autopsies and toxicology. every year the l.a. coroner handles over 11,000 bodies. which begs the question, where do they keep them all? department chief craig harvey agreed to show me. >> we are going over to the security floor. >> so that's -- it's the first

Any suspicious passing falls under the coroner's jurisdiction. >> thank you for calling. you're welcome. bye, bye. >> the coroner's mission is to recover the bodies from their death scenes, identify them through fingerprinting, locate their families and determine cause of death using autopsies and toxicology. every year the l.a. coroner handles over 11,000 bodies. which begs the question, where do they keep them all? department chief craig harvey agreed to show me. >> we are going over to the security floor. >> so that's -- it's the first place the bodies come when they enter the department? >...

>> hi. how are you? okay. well good. i'll be in there by 8:30 and we'll get started. >> by 8:00 a.m. his grueling physical workout now behind him, dr. spitz heads into the office to perform today's autopsies. meanwhile, one of his investigators is on her way to a scene that's about to put her through an emotional workout. >> i'm heading to clinton township, the opposite side of town. a 78-year-old female that was found by her husband. >> police are first to respond to death scenes. when medical investigators arrive they always get briefed by officers. it's critical to know what they're about t...

With so much blood, investigators can't rule out foul play. >> it looks like a suspicious death. we don't really know what happened. >> dr. spitz and his staff at the medical examiner's office are responsible for investigating all suspicious or unexplained deaths in macomb and st. clair counties, a collection of 66 suburban townships, cities and villages outside of detroit. >> we work with the police at the scene so that nothing is missed. and the police, while they do a good job at investigating, are not always comfortable dealing with a dead body. >> in a special arrangement, our cameras and...