you. okay. >> dispatch assigns the case to investigator rudy malano. >> so i have a field call in long beach. >> okay. >> it is an unidentified caucasian male. they might have a missing person's match on him. they don't know yet. >> okay. thanks. >> we've been in the building for less than 15 minutes before we're called into the field with rudy. one of l.a.'s 33 coroner investigators, the department's first responders. so what do we know about this death? >> as far as we know, it's undetermined at this point. it's possibly a missing person out of long beach. hopefully, i can identify him at the scene. >> so about how many dead bodies have you investigated during your time at the coroner's office. >> in the thousands. >> when you hear there is a body laying face down in the river, what does it sound like to you?