okay. the answers to these painful questions are essential to marlene s investigation. those closest to the deceased can best shed light on the circumstances of their death. i didn t see any trauma to his body, so in my opinion, it looked maybe like a natural death. i m not sure, but our doctors will definitely run toxicology on him just to double check what was in his system. you must have heard a lot of tears throughout your two years here. yeah. sometimes there s no answers to the questions that they re asking, but i think just being honest with them and telling them, like, i don t have an answer for that, i can tell that they re comforted by that. i get to bring closure to the families. so at 3:15 in the morning, it
the moment passes. the hours slip by, and the night shift settles in. waiting on death to call investigators like marlene into the field. investigations, can i help you? all right, thank you. marlene, i ve got a field call for you. okay, we re going to panorama city. we have a approximately 49-year-old male found deceased in his residence.
we got to do it. it s our job. as mike s shift winds down, and the body of the man we brought in tonight takes his place in the crypt, marlene completes the final phase of her investigation. hello, my name is investigator navarro, and i m calling from los angeles county. using the deceased man s cell phone, she s managed to track down his next of kin. i m so sorry to have to tell you over the phone, but he passed away. do you think that his mood was so down that he would want to commit suicide? okay. do you know of any drug history? what about alcoholism?
mm-hmm. by the time the investigation is over, it s 1:30 a.m., but there s still more work to be done tonight. the body is loaded onto the van, and marlene and i make our way back to headquarters. i can t believe you do this every day. are there nights when the case is so intense, you just can t go to sleep right away? no. i mean, honestly, you don t want to be stuck on something like that. it s bad enough to have to, like, see somebody else go through something that maybe you re in fear of happening to you or your family. i don t want to think about it. i just want to let it go. being willing to touch the dead and stay impervious to the horror of it, it s a job requirement for forensic attendants like mike aparicio who transports bodies from death scenes to the coroner.
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