sometimes people might get a little weirded out by my enthusiasm when i talk about what i do, but i think you should like your job. i like brightness. i like positivity and happiness. i just like to be able to see the other side of it. night settles in over l.a. we re going to put some of these on. they slip on over your shoes. and marlene starts her ten-hour shift to gather dna samples for an open case. for her, it s just another night on the job. but not for me. hi. hey.
oh my god. oh. did you just bring that baby in? yes. can you tell us what happened? it was born about six days ago and just found unresponsive, rushed to the e.r. oh my god. a little girl. now we re going to go this way. at the coroner s office, tragedy comes with the territory. marlene must move on to collect evidence for a homicide investigation. but i can t take my mind off what i just saw. this is just the craziest job. there s no time even to express
the moment passes, the hour slips 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 got a field call for you. okay, we re going to panorama city. we have approximately
i don t think about it most of the time. 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?
now we re going to go this way. at the coroner s office, tragedy comes with the territory. marlene must move on to collect evidence for a homicide investigation. but i can t take my mind off what i just saw. this is just the craziest job. there s no time even to express any sensitivity because it s just you have to be on and you have to be prepared for the next one and the next one. unbelievable.