Q: Are there ever times where you feel like you'd rather just throw it in and do something completely different? A loyal viewer—Jesse.

A: Thanks for being a loyal viewer, Jess. The only time I feel like throwing it in and doing something else is when I stare at the mountain of paperwork on my desk. Sometimes, I don't enjoy testifying in court, but overall I love my job. Once or twice in my career I can remember wishing that I worked with pretty things like flowers or art instead of decomposing bodies.

Q: Thanks so much for agreeing to do this. My question for you is—what has been your most difficult case? One where you suddenly had a white-light experience and realized, "Aha!" Thanks, LaDonna.

A: LaDonna, it is always hard for me to answer a question about my most difficult case. The cases can be difficult for many different reasons. It can be difficult because of a lot of media attention, or because of the length of time it takes to perform the autopsy and dictate all the findings, or it may be difficult because of the decomposition and lack of clues. The cases that I am working on at the moment and can't figure out always seem to be the hardest. Sometimes I find if you leave a problem alone for awhile then come back to the problem, the "Aha" moment often occurs.