CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Livor Mortis, Algor Mortis, Rigor Mortis
23 Oct 2018
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May be important in insurance claims example of soldier case (death before as soldier duty or after?) Support or refute an alibi found body who died a period, 2 girls were on the missing list. One was a but one was b so we can rule out one who died b. Focuses investigation timeline prior to death. Cannot be that specific about time of death really depends. Even within a few hours difficult to say what hour exactly. Anamnestic people"s memory of a regular pattern of activity ex. Jogging everyday from 7 to 9 = we can track where he was at 8. Eye witness was present at death saw the actually death occurred; hit and run. Corporal stage of decomposition fresh stage or skeleton stage. Environmental insects or plants insects: blood or body fluids-eggs = know how long in that body; plants: age of plant by heights etc. Even though there is regular routine, we are not sure.
