and weigh all vital organs. then he ll move on to the head. when you do his head, just leave the bone on there. i ll take it off so i can see what s in there. we ve got some head trauma for sure. we kind of got it down to a system between him, me, and christina. we ve learned to maneuver in a small area pretty quickly without running into each other, without stabbing each other, which is always nice. there s a distinct division of duties here in the morgue. each assistant knows her job and sticks to it. i m more of the eviscerator. it s not going to do anything for my dating life at all but i am primarily the eviscerator. we can do each other s jobs but it works fastest this way. she ll take out all the organs and i will do the head. coming up, christina s area of expertise is about to come in handy.
consider the possibility that somebody else was involved and somehow played a role in his injuries or death. another question is toxicology. you know, was he intoxicated to the point of collapsing down the steps and into the plaster? so, you know, while the scene tells me a lot, it s going to be the autopsy that answers the questions as to what ultimately happened. before the autopsy can begin, christina takes photographs of the body from several angles. if this turns out to be a crime it could end up in court. every step of every autopsy at this medical examiner s office is documented in detail. we were called in to do trace evidence collection on a body that was found in a home. and because mr. krueger was found naked with rectal bleeding, there are questions about whether he s been sexually
dr. spitz will remove, study, and weigh all vital organs. then he ll move on to the head. when you do his head, just leave the bone on there. i ll take it off so i can see what s in there. we ve got some head trauma for sure. we kind of got it down to a system between him, me, and christina. we ve learned to maneuver in a small area pretty quickly without running into each other, without stabbing each other, which is always nice. there s a distinct division of duties here in the morgue. each assistant knows her job and sticks to it. i m more of the eviscerator. it s not going to do anything for my dating life at all but i am primarily the eviscerator. we can do each other s jobs but it works fastest this way. she ll take out all the organs and i will do the head. coming up, christina s area of expertise is about to come in handy.
assaulted. a team of forensic nurses is brought in to take samples which will be sent to a lab for analysis. and the reason we were called in was because it s a suspicious death. it s not known at this point what the cause of death was. you re done? okay. cool. thanks. all autopsies begin with an external exam. as michelle and christina clean off the body, dr. spitz takes note of any physical injuries. all right. let s roll him this way and then roll him the other way and we shall soon start. holy cow. mr. krueger s blood alcohol could be a key factor in determining how he died. so michelle draws blood for toxicology testing. well, a dry, dark red, almost black abrasion. a lot of it could be post mortem. so we ll see what kind of
smells like pus or scoop. i don t know which. what s that? part of her bowel. oh, good lord. hey, christina, can you take a picture, please? the infection progressed to the point of causing organ failure and we re back to the heart where the septic shock, the toxins and bacteria circulating in the blood basically caused the heart to stop functioning. that fluid coming out of there? she had recent surgery and it looks like she s got some infection going on in her abdomen. so i just want to document a little bit of this before we continue on. the smells are pretty intense and it s something that all of us here are used to. it s not pleasant. man, her intestine is just a swollen mess.