dr. autumn klein was holding clinic hours, huh? >> she was the doctor. >> reporter: it was an interest that took root early for autumn and never left. always a top of her class student in the baltimore area. she later got her undergraduate degree in neuroscience from amherst. >> helping people was the main thing. she was just so smart, so intelligent, so thoughtful and so caring. >> reporter: you and your husband must have been very, very proud of her. >> we were. >> reporter: lois klein is autumn's mom. >> we knew that she was putting her mind on her studies, and we were giving her the best education we could possibly give her, and she was taking advantage of it. >> reporter: med school was a certainty. autumn announced she was heading to boston. her mother worried the city's crime rate was too high. >> she said, i'm going to boston university medical school. and i said, no, you're not. and she said, yes, i am. and i said, no, you're not. and she said, yes, i am. and she went to boston university medical school. she had a mind of h