Mike Lindberg was the professor who performed an autopsy on a body discovered in a car at the bottom of a cliff in November 2013. Lindberg was only able to identify the body as a white male in his 30s, and compared dental records of the body to those of the missing Paul Browning. Lindsey Butterfield, who had been involved in Browning's murder, pretended to have considered specialising in pathology in an attempt to be allowed to join the autopsy.
In order to schmooze Lindberg, Lindsey set him up to go on a night out with Cindy Cunningham. Lindberg and Cindy gossiped about the body, with Lindberg telling Cindy that Browning's death is being ruled as an accident. Cindy's boyfriend, Dirk Savage, walked in and caught the pair in a compromising position, and Cindy ran after Dirk.