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be handled. >> pulling the night shift after the bloody scene at the condominium is medical investigator rene diegel. >> in the dead world people want to forget about everything. we're here to respect the dead and their families. >> she gets a call in the middle of the night. a 36-year-old male is found dead in his bed by his mother. >> that was a real upsetting case because he was only 36 years old. he's younger than i am. hi. >> medical investigators never know what type of scene they may be called out to during their shift or how friends or family members of the deceased will react. >> sometimes they are looking for someone to blame. sometimes they want to see the body and they can't see the body because it's grossly disfigured and it wouldn't be in their best interest to see the body. they don't understand that. they think, oh, no, i can see the body. i can handle it. i watch "csi" i can handle it. it's nothing like that, especially when it's your loved one.
>> it's diegel's job to gather as much information as possible about the person who died. she starts by asking the mother who asked not to appear on camera, a series of questions about her son, curt lewitski. >> can you tell me a little bit about his medical history? >> kurt's an alcoholic. he has been for the last several years. he has done some drugs in the past. >> what type of drugs did he used to do? >> vicodin. morphine once or twice. >> okay. he tried fentanyl, he told me. >> after the interview, diegel examines the body. >> i'm going to go in and view him and i have to take some photographs. >> the man's history of alcohol and drug use is an important clue that may determine the cause of death. even so, diegel always keeps an open mind when inspecting a death scene. >> you have to be careful not to get tunnel vision on these cases. you get your additional information but that's why it's critical we have to go to the scene and see the circumstances
death investigation is going to be handled. >> pulling the night shift after the bloody scene at the condominium is medical investigator rene diegel. >> in the dead world people want to forget about everything. we're here to respect the dead and their families. >> she gets a call in the middle of the night. a 36-year-old male is found dead in his bed by his mother. >> that was a real upsetting case because he was only 36 years old. he's younger than i am. hi. >> medical investigators never know what type of scene they may be called out to during their shift or how friends or family members of the deceased will react. >> sometimes they are looking for someone to blame. sometimes they want to see the body and they can't see the body because it's grossly disfigured and it wouldn't be in their best interest to see the body. they don't understand that. they think, oh, no, i can see the body. i can handle it. i watch "csi" i can handle it. it's nothing like that, especially when it's your loved one.
>> diegel's job to gather as much information as possible about the person who died. she starts by asking the mother who asked not to appear on camera, a series of questions about her son, curt lewitski. >> can you tell me a little bit about his medical history? >> kurt's an alcoholic. he has been for the last several years. he has done some drugs in the past. >> what type of drugs did he used to do? >> vicodin. morphine once or twice. >> okay. he tried fentanyl, he told me. >> after the interview, diegel examines the body. >> i'm going to go in and view him and i have to take some photographs. >> the man's history of alcohol and drug use is an important clue that may determine the cause of death. even so, diegel always keeps an open mind when inspecting a death scene. >> you have to be careful not to get tunnel vision on these cases. you get your additional information but that's why it's critical we have to go to the
to make decisions about how a death investigation is going to be handled. >> pulling the night shift after the bloody scene at the condominium is medical investigator rene diegel. >> in the dead world people want to forget about everything. we're here to respect the dead and their families. >> she gets a call in the middle of the night. a 36-year-old male is found dead in his bed by his mother. >> that was a real upsetting case because he was only 36 years old. he's younger than i am. hi. >> medical investigators never know what type of scene they may be called out to during their shift or how friends or family members of the deceased will react. >> sometimes they are looking for someone to blame. sometimes they want to see the body and they can't see the body because it's grossly disfigured and it wouldn't be in their best interest to see the body. they don't understand that. they think, oh, no, i can see the body. i can handle it.
i watch "csi" i can handle it. it's nothing like that, especially when it's your loved one. >> it's diegel's job to gather as much information as possible about the person who died. she starts by asking the mother who asked not to appear on camera, a series of questions about her son, curt lewitski. >> can you tell me a little bit about his medical history? >> kurt's an alcoholic. he has been for the last several years. he has done some drugs in the past. >> what type of drugs did he used to do? >> vicodin. morphine once or twice. >> okay. he tried fentanyl, he told me. >> after the interview, diegel examines the body. >> i'm going to go in and view him and i have to take some photographs. >> the man's history of alcohol and drug use is an important clue that may determine the cause of death. even so, diegel always keeps an open mind when inspecting a death scene. >> you have to be careful not to get tunnel vision on these