Werner Spitz

Werner Spitz was born in 1926 to a Jewish family in Stargard (now Poland); his parents, Siegfried and Anna Spitz, were both physicians.{{cite book|last1=Spitz|first1=Werner U.|last2=Spitz|first2=Daniel J.|last3=Fisher|first3=Russell S.|title=Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the Application of Pathology to Crime Investigation|date=2006|publisher=Charles C Thomas Publisher|isbn=9780398075446|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-m_fb580Vx0C&pg=PR5|accessdate=June 20, 2017|language=en}} Given the growing antisemitism in Germany, his family fled to Mandatory Palestine when he was a child.{{cite web|last=Snabes|first=Anne|date=April 15, 2024|title=Dr. Werner Spitz, renowned former medical examiner, dies at 97|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2024/04/15/renowned-former-medical-examiner-dr-werner-spitz-dies-at-97/73331181007/|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=The Detroit News|archive-date=April 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417175352/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2024/04/15/renowned-former-medical-examiner-dr-werner-spitz-dies-at-97/73331181007/|url-status=live}} When Spitz was a youth, his father got him a job working in a medical examiner's office, where he was charged with cleaning and other small duties.{{cite web|last1=Witsil|first1=Frank|last2=Hall|first2=Christina|title=Dr. Werner Spitz, famed forensic pathologist, wrote the book on death|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/17/werner-spitz-forensic-pathologists-death/73330715007/|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=Detroit Free Press|archive-date=April 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419010251/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/17/werner-spitz-forensic-pathologists-death/73330715007/|url-status=live}} Spitz eventually began assisting with autopsies, and he later recalled assisting with the autopsy of Morris Meyerson, the husband of future Israeli politician and Prime Minister Golda Meir.

Spitz returned to Europe for medical school, where he started studies at Geneva University in Switzerland. After he had spent four years in Geneva, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem established its Medical School and Spitz transferred there. He received his medical doctorate after an additional three years of studies and clinical work. He graduated at the age of 27.{{cite news|last=Martin|first=Amber Hunt|title=His fascination with death runs in the family: Pathologist turns curiosity into a career|url=http://www.med.wayne.edu/news_media/scribe/PDF/scribe2005win.pdf|accessdate=February 6, 2014|newspaper=Detroit Free Press via Wayne State University Scribe|date=Winter 2005|archive-date=September 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915105524/http://www.med.wayne.edu/news_media/scribe/PDF/scribe2005win.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last=Joseph|first=Gina|title=Macomb pathologist Spitz offers observations from JFK assassination|url=http://www.macombdaily.com/events/20131121/macomb-pathologist-spitz-offers-observations-from-jfk-assassination|newspaper=The Macomb Daily|date=November 21, 2013|access-date=February 6, 2014|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221220659/http://www.macombdaily.com/events/20131121/macomb-pathologist-spitz-offers-observations-from-jfk-assassination|url-status=live}}

Spitz immigrated to the United States in 1959. His decision to leave Israel was partly inspired by the lack of regional need for his chosen career path. "In seven years in Israel, there was only one murder." He said. "It just wasn't the right place for a forensic pathologist." Spitz later served as Deputy Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, Maryland,{{cite web | last=Snabes | first=Anne | title=Renowned former Medical Examiner Dr. Werner Spitz dies at 97 | website=detroitnews.com | date=April 15, 2024 | url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2024/04/15/renowned-former-medical-examiner-dr-werner-spitz-dies-at-97/73331181007/ | access-date=April 17, 2024 | archive-date=April 17, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417175352/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2024/04/15/renowned-former-medical-examiner-dr-werner-spitz-dies-at-97/73331181007/ | url-status=live }} and Chief Medical Examiner for Wayne County, Michigan (Wayne County includes the city of Detroit).{{cite web | last=Joseph | first=Gina | title=Dr. Werner Spitz, world-renowned for his work in forensic pathology, dies at 97 | website=Daily Tribune | date=April 15, 2024 | url=https://www.dailytribune.com/2024/04/15/dr-werner-spitz-world-renowned-for-his-work-in-forensic-pathology-dies-at-97/#:~:text=Dr.%20Werner%20Spitz%2C%20former%20chief,He%20was%2097. | access-date=April 17, 2024 | archive-date=April 17, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417192513/https://www.dailytribune.com/2024/04/15/dr-werner-spitz-world-renowned-for-his-work-in-forensic-pathology-dies-at-97/#:~:text=Dr.%20Werner%20Spitz%2C%20former%20chief,He%20was%2097. | url-status=live }}

In Wayne County, he made many controversial changes, and in 1976, he was charged with taking parts from bodies without getting permission from the next of kin, privately charging for his services, and improperly conducting ballistic experiments on dead bodies. Although Spitz admitted some of the charges, the Wayne County Prosecutor declined to prosecute him, saying that "He was just being a doctor."{{cite news|title=Tales from the crypt: The Wayne County Morgue|url=http://blogs.detroitnews.com/history/2000/10/30/tales-from-the-crypt-the-wayne-county-morgue/|newspaper=The Detroit News|date=October 30, 2000|access-date=April 6, 2019|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406193654/http://blogs.detroitnews.com/history/2000/10/30/tales-from-the-crypt-the-wayne-county-morgue/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Defense Witness' Reputation Hit|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-06-29-8902130517-story.html|newspaper=The Chicago Tribune|date=June 29, 1989|access-date=April 6, 2019|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406193650/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-06-29-8902130517-story.html|url-status=live}}

In 1969, Spitz testified on behalf of Joseph and Gwen Kopechne, the parents of Mary Jo Kopechne, who died following a car accident in the vehicle of Ted Kennedy at Chappaquiddick Island. Kopechne was presumed to have died from drowning after Kennedy's car swerved off a small bridge and plunged into the water. Kopechne's parents were seeking to prevent her body from being exhumed and autopsied. Spitz testified that the autopsy was unnecessary, and the available evidence was sufficient to conclude that Kopechne died from drowning. The judge sided with Kopechne's parents and denied the request for exhumation.{{cite book|last=Tedrow|first=Richard L., and Thomas L.|title=Death at Chappaquiddick|year=1980|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=1455603406|pages=98–99}}{{cite news|title=Examiner testifies against kopechne autopsy|url=http://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&d=dks19691022-01.2.4|newspaper=Daily Kent Stater|date=October 22, 1969|access-date=February 6, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203082819/http://dks.library.kent.edu/cgi-bin/kentstate?a=d&d=dks19691022-01.2.4|url-status=live}}

In 1970, while Spitz was the deputy chief medical examiner for Maryland, he determined that Sister Cathy Cesnik, a 26-year-old Catholic nun who disappeared in November 1969, had been murdered by a blow to the head.{{cite news|last1=Nawrozki|first1=Joe|last2=Erlandson|first2=Robert A.|title=Sister Catherine Cesnik case: With new lead, police reopen old murder case|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/catherine-cesnik/bal-with-new-lead-police-reopen-old-murder-case-20170530-story.html|access-date=June 19, 2017|work=Baltimore Sun|date=June 19, 1994|archive-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615145347/http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/retro-baltimore/catherine-cesnik/bal-with-new-lead-police-reopen-old-murder-case-20170530-story.html|url-status=dead}} In 1994, a witness came forward and said a priest took her as a young teen, to see Cesnik's body shortly after she had gone missing. She said that he was threatening her not to say anything about the sexual abuse that was allegedly occurring at her Catholic school. The witness told police she remembered maggots on Cesnik's corpse, but was not believed. The police said that maggots were unlikely in November. However, in 2016, when Spitz's original autopsy was made public, it had documented that there were maggots present. Werner confirmed this when interviewed for the 2017 Netflix series The Keepers, about Cesnik's murder.{{cite news|last1=Sisk|first1=Annie|title='The Keepers' recap, Episode 6: Revisiting a cold case|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/tv-lust/bs-fe-keepers-recap-episode-6-story.html|access-date=June 19, 2017|work=Baltimore Sun|date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=June 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604005939/http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/tv-lust/bs-fe-keepers-recap-episode-6-story.html|url-status=dead}}

In 1975, Spitz was asked to work as an advisor to both the Rockefeller Commission and the House Select Committee on Assassinations. He reviewed the autopsy performed 12 years earlier on president John F. Kennedy by military pathologists. "They botched that autopsy," Spitz said. "They had absolutely no experience in forensic pathology." He attributed the flaws in the investigation to the fact that at that time in the United States, forensic pathology was in its infancy. Despite his conclusion that the original investigation was flawed, he agreed with the Warren Commission's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the shooting.

In 1979, Spitz consulted with the same committees on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The committee determined that King was killed by one rifle shot by James Earl Ray.{{cite web|title=Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of Representatives|url=https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/select-committee-report/|publisher=U.S. House of representatives|access-date=February 6, 2014|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403232215/https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/select-committee-report|url-status=live}}

In 2011, Spitz testified for the defense in the trial of Casey Anthony for the death of her daughter, Caylee. He disagreed with the prosecution's medical examiner Jan Garavaglia, who had said that the death could be ruled as a homicide based on the autopsy, and described her work as "shoddy". Garavaglia acknowledged that the cause of death could not be ascertained by the autopsy she performed, but ruled the death a homicide based on the circumstances. Spitz criticized her for failing to open the skull and test sediment found in the skull; he believed that was proof that Caylee had decomposed while lying on her side, rather than the position in which she was found. He disagreed with the state's theory that duct tape found next to Caylee's body was used as a murder weapon, saying it was much more likely that the duct tape was placed after her death to hold the mandible in place when moving the body. He also believes that the placement of Caylee's hair was staged by someone before being photographed.{{cite news|title=Defense expert: Autopsy on Caylee Anthony 'shoddy'|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-06-17-casey-anthony-trial_n.htm|newspaper=USA Today|date=June 18, 2011|access-date=February 7, 2014|archive-date=November 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104153802/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-06-17-casey-anthony-trial_n.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Werner Spitz Discusses His Life's Work: Death|url=http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/werner-spitz-discusses-his-lifes-work-death|access-date=June 20, 2017|publisher=WDIV|date=July 12, 2011|archive-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322154906/http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/werner-spitz-discusses-his-lifes-work-death|url-status=live}}

In a CBS Detroit interview in September 2016 and in the documentary series The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey (2016), Spitz accused Burke Ramsey of killing his sister, although the pathologist had not performed an autopsy of the girl.{{cite news|url=https://time.com/4522966/jonbenet-ramsey-brother-sues/|title=JonBenet Ramsey's Brother Files $150 Million Defamation Suit|last=Chan|first=Melissa|website=Time|access-date=October 8, 2016|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108141752/https://time.com/4522966/jonbenet-ramsey-brother-sues/|url-status=live}} On October 6, 2016, Burke filed a defamation lawsuit against Spitz, seeking a total of $150 million in damages since Burke had never been considered a suspect by the Boulder police. In 2003, DNA evidence found from an unidentified male appeared to have cleared each family member from suspicion, as their DNA was excluded from matching. New testing in 2016 revealed there was DNA from two persons other than JonBenét Ramsey.{{cite news | url=http://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/10/07/burke-ramsey-sues-investigator-who-accused-him-of-killing-sister/ | title=Burke Ramsey Sues Investigator Who Accused Him Of Killing Sister | author=Marcia Garcia | publisher=CBS4 New Denver | date=October 7, 2016 | access-date=October 11, 2016 | archive-date=February 28, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228024534/https://denver.cbslocal.com/2016/10/07/burke-ramsey-sues-investigator-who-accused-him-of-killing-sister/ | url-status=live }}{{cite news

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Spitz was a professor of pathology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan and an adjunct professor of pathology at the University of Windsor in Canada. He wrote a book entitled: Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the Application of Pathology to Crime Investigation.

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• Assassination of John F. Kennedy{{cite news|last1=Hall|first1=Christina|title=JFK autopsy was botched, says famed Detroit pathologist|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/22/jfk-autopsy-botched-pathologist-says/3672697/|accessdate=June 20, 2017|work=Detroit Free Press|date=November 22, 2013|language=en|archive-date=June 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602054326/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/22/jfk-autopsy-botched-pathologist-says/3672697/|url-status=live}}
• Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.{{cite magazine|last=McHugh|first=Jess|date=April 13, 2022|title=Meet the 95-Year-Old 'Medical Detective' Who Has Examined Famous Cases From JFK to JonBenet Ramsey|url=https://time.com/6164527/werner-spitz-forensic-pathologist/|access-date=April 19, 2024|magazine=Time|archive-date=January 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240101233438/https://time.com/6164527/werner-spitz-forensic-pathologist/|url-status=live}}
• Florence Ballard{{cite news|last=Hart|first=William|date=February 23, 1976|title=Ex-Supreme Flo Ballard is dead|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/17711413/|page=1|access-date=April 19, 2024|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|location=Detroit, Michigan|via=Newspapers.com}}
• Death of Lisa McPherson{{Cite web |url=http://www.holysmoke.org/lm/lm242.htm |title=Bandt and Spitz affidavits in Lisa wrongful death suit |access-date=May 13, 2007 |archive-date=April 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070416221119/http://holysmoke.org/lm/lm242.htm |url-status=dead |website=holysmokes.org}}
• Richard Ramirez
• "Preppy Murder Trial" of Robert Chambers{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Kirk|date=February 25, 1988|title=Doctor asserts Levin's blouse was a 'noose'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/25/nyregion/doctor-asserts-levin-s-blouse-was-a-noose.html|page=B1|access-date=April 19, 2024|newspaper=The New York Times|archive-date=April 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422101754/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/25/nyregion/doctor-asserts-levin-s-blouse-was-a-noose.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/03/25/preppie-killer-robert-chambers-jr-pleads-guilty-to-first-degree-manslaughter-in-the-death-of-jennifer-levin-in-1988/|title='Preppie killer' Robert Chambers Jr. pleads guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Jennifer Levin in 1988|date=March 25, 2016|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=New York Daily News|archive-date=April 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420022019/https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/03/25/preppie-killer-robert-chambers-jr-pleads-guilty-to-first-degree-manslaughter-in-the-death-of-jennifer-levin-in-1988/|url-status=live}}
• O. J. Simpson's civil trial{{cite web | last=Hall | first=Christina | title=World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz, 97, dies | website=Detroit Free Press | date=April 15, 2024 | url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/15/dr-werner-spitz-dies-forensic-pathologist/73330364007/ | access-date=April 17, 2024 | archive-date=April 15, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415200058/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/15/dr-werner-spitz-dies-forensic-pathologist/73330364007/ | url-status=live }}
• Killing of JonBenét Ramsey
• Killing of Caylee Anthony
• Lana Clarkson's death at the hands of Phil Spector
• Mary Jo Kopechne{{cite news|url=https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan/2022/04/19/independent-autopsy-werner-spitz-michael-baden-could-play-key-role-patrick-lyoya-cases/7372989001/|title=Independent autopsy by Werner Spitz, Michael Baden could play key role Patrick Lyoya cases|date=April 19, 2022|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=Detroit Free Press|archive-date=May 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519095917/https://www.freep.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan/2022/04/19/independent-autopsy-werner-spitz-michael-baden-could-play-key-role-patrick-lyoya-cases/7372989001/|url-status=live}}
• Murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik{{cite web|url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/world-renowned-forensic-pathologist-dr-werner-spitz-dies-at-97-in-metro-detroit-home|title=World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz dies at 97 in Metro Detroit home|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=WJBK|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415210352/https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/world-renowned-forensic-pathologist-dr-werner-spitz-dies-at-97-in-metro-detroit-home|url-status=live}}
• Murder of Renisha McBride{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/expert-talks-about-cut-on-renisha-mcbrides-hand/|title=Expert talks about cut on Renisha McBride's hand|date=July 31, 2014|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=CBS News|archive-date=August 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801204706/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/expert-talks-about-cut-on-renisha-mcbrides-hand/|url-status=live}}
• Rodney Reed{{cite web|last=Palmer|first=Ewan|date=November 13, 2019|title=Free Rodney Reed: Four New Witnesses Come Forward With Evidence a Week Before Execution Date|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rodney-reed-execution-petition-texas-1471418|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=Newsweek|archive-date=November 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126203947/https://www.newsweek.com/rodney-reed-execution-petition-texas-1471418|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hoffberger|first=Chase|date=February 12, 2015|title=Rodney Reed's Attorneys Seek Retrial|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2015-02-12/rodney-reeds-attorneys-seek-retrial/|access-date=April 19, 2024|website=The Austin Chronicle|archive-date=May 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528071359/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2015-02-12/rodney-reeds-attorneys-seek-retrial/|url-status=live}}
• Killing of Antonio Zambrano-Montes[http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/02/27/3432442/third-autopsy-done.html Tri-City Herald: "Zambrano family hires second attorney, has third autopsy performed in Florida" By Tyler Richardson] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164503/http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/02/27/3432442/third-autopsy-done.html |date=April 2, 2015 }}, February 27, 2015
• Killing of Patrick Lyoya{{cite news|last1=Householder|first1=Mike|last2=White|first2=Ed|title=Expert: Cop pressed gun to Patrick Lyoya's head then fired|url=https://apnews.com/article/patrick-lyoya-shootings-michigan-detroit-police-6684358f9218b32a94a59e9490ba484b|accessdate=April 22, 2022|work=The Associated Press|date=April 19, 2022|quote=Dr. Werner Spitz confirmed what was seen last week on video: Lyoya was shot in the back of the head while facedown on the ground during a vigorous struggle with a white Grand Rapids officer on April 4. Spitz appeared at a news conference with lawyers for Lyoya's family, who said they believe video collected and released by police shows that the 26-year-old refugee from Congo was resisting the officer, not fighting him.|language=en|archive-date=April 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420010342/https://apnews.com/article/patrick-lyoya-shootings-michigan-detroit-police-6684358f9218b32a94a59e9490ba484b|url-status=live}}

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Spitz was the father of Daniel Spitz, who is also a pathologist,{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Jameson|title=Werner Spitz said April's killer ensured she wouldn't survive|url=http://www.dailytribune.com/article/DT/20140808/NEWS/140809703|work=Daily Tribune|date=August 8, 2014|language=en|access-date=June 20, 2017|archive-date=April 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420022059/https://www.dailytribune.com/logout/|url-status=live}} Jonathan Spitz, a surgeon, and Rhona Spitz, a lawyer. He had a sister, Karni Frank, who also lived in Michigan until her death in 2020.

Werner Spitz died in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, on April 14, 2024, at the age of 97.{{cite web|title=World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr Werner Spitz dies at 97 in Metro Detroit home|url=https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/world-renowned-forensic-pathologist-dr-werner-spitz-dies-at-97-in-metro-detroit-home|publisher=FOX 2 Detroit|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=April 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415210352/https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/world-renowned-forensic-pathologist-dr-werner-spitz-dies-at-97-in-metro-detroit-home|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/15/dr-werner-spitz-dies-forensic-pathologist/73330364007/ |title=World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz dies at 97 |access-date=April 15, 2024 |archive-date=April 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415200058/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/04/15/dr-werner-spitz-dies-forensic-pathologist/73330364007/ |url-status=live }}

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