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Jobs that medical examiners and coroners do. coroners in kentucky, like bill lee, are elected law enforcement officials. they go to death scenes, take charge of the bodies. and then try to help the families cope. medical examiners are forensic pathologists who perform autopsies. who determine cause of death. possibly providing answers to grieving family members and criminal investigators alike. >> but we're there to try to answer the questions of -- how did this person die? when did this person die? what was happening during the death. >> but dr. corey never could have imagined that we'd be he...

It upbeat and share fond remembrances, there was no escaping the cruel fact that a 29-year-old man was murdered senselessly. >> i mean, it's hard enough to bury a parent, but when you out live your kid, that's really hard. >> a fatal shooting fueled by a jealous rage over something so small as a possible flirtation. >> i want to know what makes him think he's god? why would you do such a stupid thing? what puts it in a person's head that just because you don't get what you want, that you just go kill somebody? >> it's what medical examiners like dr. tracy corey face all too often, the conseque...

Own puzzles and its own mysteries to try to figure out. and when you can figure out a particular case and put the whole picture together, that's very rewarding. >> dr. tracy corey, kentucky's chief medical examiner, is the star of a real-life drama, which plays out daily in this room in an old converted hospital in downtown louisville. >> the other thing that i find personally rewarding is when i can help families find the answers that they're seeking. >> her professional life has some similarities to the highly stylized depictions in shows like "crossing jordan" and "csi." mostly, that each d...

X-rays will help the medical examiner find the bullet that killed roy. but they won't help determine whether or not he was buried alive. that will require visual examination for evidence of dirt and debris in the upper airways, windpipe and the mouth. >> i need a picture of that too. we need the first one over here. >> after the x-rays, roy's body is wheeled into dr. corey's bustling autopsy room, filled to overflowing with tragedy. >> oh, my gosh. >> that catastrophic fire coroner bill lee heard about earlier in the day turned out to be the worst fire in kentucky in 30 years. ten deaths in on...

>> now at her coroner's office, joanne comforts the father of the 18-year-old girl. >> do you have any questions for me about anything about this? you know, they were found in the car -- >> i'm confused with everything. >> i know you are. >> she does her best to ease the blow of his daughter's sudden death, explaining that the teenager did not suffer. >> i'll tell you that. it was instant. she would have lost consciousness immediately from that. and i'm just so sorry to have to talk to you about this. >> overnight, the body of his daughter has arrived in the morgue, in the same building as the...