jonathan hayes had just finished conducting an external examination of shele's body when he receivesthat point wasn't sure. he'd only had a cursory look at shele. so, we asked him, how does a healthy 47-year-old woman suddenly die like this? tell us. what could have been cause of death? so he said, well, i don't know. it could have been a fall. it could have been a heart attack. could have been a drug interaction. it could have been any one of those things. the only way we would know is by doing an autopsy. >> the medical examiner, dr. john hayes, would later say as he's about to make his first incision, he's told to stop. >> the family initially wants an autopsy, but then the jewish official who'd cleaned up the scene calls them. >> and this individual had called me and said, listen, i heard that the family are lookng to do an autopsy. it's a terrible mistake. it's a terrible mistake because i've just come from the police and i spoke to the medical examiner and both of them say it's an accident. under jewish law, if it's an accident you can't do the autopsy. >> by that point, dr hay