told investigators that donna was wearing high-heeled shoes which might have caused her to lose her footing as she stood at the edge of the cliff. in the photographs taken by the mcginnises shortly before the fall, donna was wearing high-heeled shoes. the autopsy of donna hartman was routine. >> the autopsy on our victim was not a true forensic autopsy. it was an autopsy and it did show cause of death, but it was not in the greater detail you would want had you suspected foul play from the get-go. >> the cause of death was a basal skull fracture, a massive blow to the back of the head, skin with someone falling 500 feet to their death. but donna's family in louisville, kentucky, had questions about what happened, so they hired a civil attorney named steve keeney to help them get answers. >> i wish the coroner had done a better job.