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And hair. it was remarkable. >> they were stunned. the body was practically intact. >> her fingernail polish was still on. her dress was still perfectly in place. >> the m.e. took a closer look at the injuries to elizabeth's head. she was finding lacerations, deep gouges in the scalp. seven of them. >> seven lacerations. you could -- >> it was amazing. it was uncanny. the lacerations were very similar to the ones that had been perpetrated upon kathleen peterson. and in her findings, she made a decision that ms. ratliff had been -- had been murdered. >> investigators thought they'd hit pay dirt...

Of elizabeth ratliff's coffin. >> it was so air tight, it was hard to use a krask to get the casket open. you could see part of elizabeth ratliff's face and hair. it was remarkable. >> they were stunned. the body was practically intact. >> her fingernail polish was still on. her dress was still perfectly in place. >> the m.e. took a closer look to the injuries to elizabeth's head. >> she was finding lacerations, deep gouges in the scalp. seven of them. >> seven? >> the lacerations were very sim laor to the ones that had been perpetrated on kathleen peterson in her findings she made a decision ...

>> a lot of people were very antsy about that, about what they were gonna find. >> reporter: her body was driven to north carolina where it would be studied by the same medical examiner who'd ruled kathleen peterson's death a homicide. >> there was a risk here wasn't there? if you opened that coffin and found that the authorities in germany had been correct in ruling it a death by natural causes. >> we just decided that it needed to be done. >> roll the dice, basically. >> exactly. >> reporter: the detective peered through a morgue window as the top was pried off elizabeth ratliff's coffin. >>...

As the top was pried off elizabeth ratliff's coffin. >> it was so airtight it was hard to use the crank to get the casket to open. once it was raised you could see part of elizabeth ratliff's face and hair. it was remarkable. >> reporter: they were stunned. the body was practically intact. >> her fingernail polish was still on. her dress was still perfectly in place. >> reporter: the m.e. took a closer look at the injuries to elizabeth's head. she was finding lacerations, deep gouges in the scalp. seven of them. >> seven lacerations. you could -- black: it was amazing -- >> count them. >> it w...

The right-hand side where he had been gripping his arm rest. ainsley: that's really. >> absolutely. deep gouges, drumming on the arm rest. can you imagine the scene. >> before we learn, you cannot reason with a tiger. ainsley: that is real cool. >> that is pretty cool. >> this map shows the shipping routes. every single pin hole if you look closely thousands upon thousands of pin holes. each of those is a. the whole of the world war at a glance. ainsley: this is the actual map? >> this is the actual map. ainsley: all of those pin holes. wow. >> old london and new england. >> get into pubs and ...