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Investigator rudy malano. >> so i have a field call in long beach. >> okay. >> it is a unidentified caucasian male. they might have a missing person's match on him. they don't know yet. >> okay. thanks. >> mm-hm. less than 15 minutes before we're called into the field with rudy, one of l.a.'s 33 coroner investigators, the department's first responders. so what do we know about this death? >> well, as far as we know, it's undetermined at this point. it's possibly a missing person out of long beach. hopefully, i can identify him at the scene. >> so about how many dead bodies have you investigate...

At this point because who knows what happened? >> we arrive at the scene, a secluded culvert along the l.a. river 20 miles south of downtown. >> okay. >> can we go with you, rudy? >> yeah, come on. >> okay. careful. this is crazy. >> yeah, never know where you're going to end up. >> long beach p.d. got here an hour ago after a passerby called 911. >> so what we got here? >> we have a floater. he was about midway out there. >> okay. see what we have. >> the cops are here to

Determine if a crime has been committed, but only rudy can touch the body. he must try to learn this man's name and gather evidence of how he died. detectives believe that the deceased could be a missing person, someone who's been missing since wednesday. today is monday, but they haven't actually looked at his face. rudy will be the first person to do so. >> oh, yeah. i see something. >> rudy documents the scene, searching for signs of trauma and proof of this man's identity. for rudy and the detectives, this is a daily routine. for me, it's heartbreaking. who was this man, and how did he end...

Your time at the coroner's office. >> in the thousands. >> when you hear there is a body laying face down in the river, what does it sound like to you? >> it could be anything. it could be homicide, suicide, natural, accident. i try to keep an open mind at this point because who knows what happened. >> we arrive at the scene. a secluded culvert along the l.a. river 20 miles south of downtown. can we go with you, rudy? >> yeah, come on. >> careful. this is crazy. >> yeah, never know where you're going to end up. >> long beach p.d. got here an hour ago after a passer by called 911. >> so what we...

>> so about how many dead bodies have you investigated during your time at the coroner's office. >> in the thousands. >> when you hear there is a body laying face down in the river, what does it sound like to you? >> it could be anything. it could be homicide, suicide, natural, accident. i try to keep an open mind at this point because who knows what happened. >> we arrive at the scene. a secluded culvert along the l.a. river 20 miles south of downtown. can we go with you, rudy? >> yeah, come on. >> careful. this is crazy. >> yeah, never know where you're going to end up. >> long beach p.d. go...