and robert ferrante and his wife, dr. autumn klein, relocated from boston, were just the kind of renaissance minds the city was hoping to attract. autumn's colleague, dr. karen roos. >> she said that she loved pittsburgh; she loved her patients, that the people of pittsburgh were wonderful, and she was so happy to be there. >> reporter: autumn had always intended to be a care-giver. her cousin, close as sisters, sharon king, remembers that even as a little girl she administered playtime tlc. >> we had a doctor's office. and our patients were our stuffed animals. >> and 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. >> you and your husband must have been very, very proud of her. >> we were. >>