Dr. Amanda Bentley is the resident pathologist at Community General Hospital and an adjunct country medical examiner. She performs autopsies for both the country, and the hospital, out of her pathology lab at the hospital. She is often called to the scenes of murders before Mark or Steve show up. She's divorced from air force pilot Colin Livingston whom she married after knowing him just four months, and she's the mother of a four-year-old son named CJ. Amanda comes from a wealthy family on the east coast (she was a foster child) and can play billiards. She is well-educated, bright, and very self-confident.