Werner Spitz
| Werner Spitz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Werner Uri Spitz August 22, 1926 Stargard, German Empire |
| Residence | St. Clair Shores, Michigan |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University in Jerusalem |
| Occupation | Forensic pathologist |
| Years active | 1953–present |
Werner Uri Spitz (born August 22, 1926) is a German-American forensic pathologist who has worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the investigations of the assassinations of president John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. He also testified at the trials of Casey Anthony and Phil Spector, the civil trial against O.J. Simpson, and consulted on the investigation of JonBenét Ramsey's death.
He authored the book Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death: Guidelines for the Application of Pathology to Crime Investigation; an important book in the field often referred to as "the bible of forensic pathology".
Werner Spitz was born in 1926 to Siegfried and Anna Spitz in Stargard, German Empire (now Poland), both physicians. With the growing antisemitism in Germany, his family fled to Mandatory Palestine when he was a child. Spitz's father got Werner a job working in a medical examiner's office where he was charged with cleaning and other small duties. Spitz eventually began assisting with the autopsies and he recalls assisting with the autopsy of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's husband in 1951. He began medical school at the Geneva University in Switzerland. After four years in Geneva, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem established the university's Medical School and he transferred, receiving his medical doctorate after an additional three years. He graduated at the age of 27.
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