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that s from long-standing alcohol. look at that. it s as cirrhotic as they get. he s a young man, 36, pretty unusual to develop cirrhosis of the liver at that age. the autopsy did confirm he had alcoholic liver cirrhosis. i want to confirm his toxicology was not a causative or contributory factor in the death because he does have an underlying history of prescription drug abuse. curt lewitski s autopsy like andrea bean s, is filed as pending until test results come back. coming up these bones may hold the answer to a 22-year-old crime. we re trying to fill in the gaps as to what actually happened. can dr. spitz turn the cold case into case closed? ....
Postpartum depression. after delivering her fourth child she had severe postpartum depression with major psychosis. she had 17 hospitalizations in 2 1/2 years. dr. spitz will research the case further and wait for toxicology tests to come back before he determines the cause of death and signs andrea bean s death certificate. right now it is a bit of waiting mode. and i think that s important for people to realize that we often don t get answers in the course of an hour, or at the time of the autopsy. there are many things that go on to having a complete death investigation. all right. let s do this last one. dr. spitz quickly switches his attention to the second case of the day. there s another mystery to solve. all right, you re up. 36-year-old curt lewitski found dead in bed by his mother. this is a different type of case than the other kind of case. this is a case where everything seemed to be in order as far as ruling out foul play early on. ....
it s diegel s job to gather as much information as possible about the person who died. she starts by asking the mother who asked not to appear on camera, a series of questions about her son, curt lewitski. can you tell me a little bit about his medical history? kurt s an alcoholic. he has been for the last several years. he has done some drugs in the past. what type of drugs did he used to do? vicodin. morphine once or twice. okay. he tried fentanyl, he told me. after the interview, diegel examines the body. i m going to go in and view him and i have to take some photographs. the man s history of alcohol and drug use is an important clue that may determine the cause of death. even so, diegel always keeps an open mind when inspecting a death scene. you have to be careful not to get tunnel vision on these cases. you get your additional information but that s why it s critical we have to go to the scene and see the circumstances ....
Toxicology results for curt lewitski, a 36-year-old man who died in bed, show high levels of several prescription drugs in his system. dr. spitz records the cause of death as an accidental overdose. it showed he was acutely intoxicated by alcohol .15, it also showed that he had methadone, hydrocodone and oxymorphone. some pretty potent pain medications. lab results solved the mystery of how andrea bean died. she was found in her bed with blood smeared throughout the house, but with no blood on her. tests show a severe electrolight imbalance caused her death. dr. spitz believes it was accidental, brought on by a rare psychiatric condition that caused andrea to drink too much water. the terminology used to describe this situation is psychogenic polydipsia. ....
andrea was experiencing postpartum depression. after delivering her fourth child she had severe postpartum depression with major psychosis. she had 17 hospitalizations in 2 1/2 years. dr. spitz will research the case further and wait for toxicology tests to come back before he determines the cause of death and signs andrea bean s death certificate. right now it is a bit of waiting mode. and i think that s important for people to realize that we often don t get answers in the course of an hour, or at the time of the autopsy. there are many things that go on to having a complete death investigation. all right. let s do this last one. dr. spitz quickly switches his attention to the second case of the day. there s another mystery to solve. all right, you re up. 36-year-old curt lewitski found dead in bed by his mother. this is a different type of case than the other kind of case. this is a case where everything seemed to be in order as far as ....