Forensic pathologists analyze the circumstances of violent or suspicious deaths by performing autopsies and interpreting wounds.

“and forensic pathologists do autopsies on the victims of violent unnatural suspicious deaths so on a daily basis uh i examine wounds and i interpret”

An autopsy should have been performed to properly determine the cause of Spencer Irwin's death, as the medical examiner's initial refusal prevented crucial investigation.

“But one thing is clear as day, and that's that Spencer's cause of death is not clear. And there absolutely should have been an autopsy to determine how Spencer Irwin died.”

Law enforcement must move beyond standard digital forensic practices to actively look for new victims within seized datasets.

“I was like man we got to change the way that we do this. We got to start waiting into this data and not just not just using the technology that we're using now that we'll never find anything new.”

The initial assessment of the victim's cause of death as undetermined was medically unsound.

“can we at least call it a homicide because animals didn't take the hands and drive them 80 M away of course we could if they were determined to be connected right but they can't for sure say that like this is where DNA would be super useful right about now but in 1989 in rural Wisconsin like forget ”

She believes the prosecution's evidence regarding the digital timeline on the night of the murder is compelling.

“unlocking the phone and walking around for 15 minutes before calling 911 is not a great look even if the distance walked isn't precise. Agree. That's I I I think what the jurors will take, right?”

Every medical examiner's or coroner's office in the country should have dedicated, trained investigators to go to crime scenes.

“Every medical examiner or coroner's office in the country should have an investigator to go to the scenes. Now they do it doesn't mean they do. Okay. Sometimes they use the local sheriffs or local police to do a death investigation, but do they have the medical background”