Hey, it's Nancy. Before we begin today, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to

Crime Beat early and add free on Amazon Music included with Prime. If you're a fan of crime drama, you're likely familiar with what forensic pathologists do,

or at least the Hollywood version of what they do.

In reality, things are a lot more complicated and take a lot more time because their rule is to investigate death itself so in a way

they become a voice for the deceased. I'm Nancy Hicks a senior crime reporter for Global News.

Today, on Crime Beat, I take you inside the medical examiner's office

to understand the science behind their investigations as they determine how and why a person has died.

This is, the autopsy tells a story.

On this podcast, I give you unique perspectives and a behind-the-scenes look at the cases I've worked on.

You've heard from detectives, expert forensic crime scenes

investigators and forensic interviewers, crime analysts,

undercover officers, sketch artists, and even jurors who have helped

bring justice and closure to victims and their

responsible for giving a voice to the voice to the voice to the voiceless

in each story I've shared, where a homicide has occurred, I've explained the critical

rule autopsy's play in an investigation.

In this episode, you'll hear from an expert in this field forensic pathologist

Dr. Sam Andrews. He's worked in Canada as well as in the US in New Mexico, Texas, and now in California.

My name is Sam Andrews and I'm a forensic pathologist.

And what that means is that I am a medical doctor who specialized in pathology and then

sub-specialized in forensic pathology.

And forensic pathology is essentially the study of not just

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