that s what kind of appeals to me. it beats working at an office. in this room, who has the most bodies? mike? me. probably mike. how many do you think you ve collected? between 11,000 and 13,000. wow. yeah. but even for employees as seasoned as mike, some cases still stand out. are there cases that haunt you? sometimes. i went to a call once. it was a little boy that ran into the street, and he got hit by a car, so he s laying there, and there s a little hispanic kid, and i m looking at little boy the same age. this was years ago, and i could see my son there, and i looked over across the street, and i saw the parents. hmm. and they could be me and my wife, and it really affected me. i don t think about it most of the time.
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.