1st Edition
Time of Death, Decomposition and Identification An Atlas
120 Pages
by
CRC Press
120 Pages
by
CRC Press
A postmortem X-ray of a male homicide victim reveals a bullet lodged next to his spine. That he was shot is clear. How recently? is what death investigators must determine. The answer: the absence of scar tissue surrounding the bullet proves the victim had been recently shot. And while the average person may find tattoos to be creative and aesthetic, to the trained death investigator, they can... Read more
Preface
TIME OF DEATH (POSTMORTEM INTERVAL) AND DECOMPOSITION
Time of Death
Introduction
Rigor Mortis
Livor Mortis
Body Cooling (Algor Mortis)
Scene Investigation
Chemical Analyses
Gastric
Microscopic Analyses
Decomposition
Adipocere
Mummification
Anthropophagia
IDENTIFICATION
Positive Identification
Visual Identification
Fingerprints
Dental
Radiographs (X-rays)
DNA "Fingerprinting"
Presumptive Identification
Physical Features
Clothing and Other Personal Property
Circumstances Surrounding Death
Skeletal Remains
REFERENCES
Case Examples
Case 1 - Differential Decomposition Discussion
Case 2 - Time of Death
Case 3 - Gastric
TIME OF DEATH (POSTMORTEM INTERVAL) AND DECOMPOSITION
Time of Death
Introduction
Rigor Mortis
Livor Mortis
Body Cooling (Algor Mortis)
Scene Investigation
Chemical Analyses
Gastric
Microscopic Analyses
Decomposition
Adipocere
Mummification
Anthropophagia
IDENTIFICATION
Positive Identification
Visual Identification
Fingerprints
Dental
Radiographs (X-rays)
DNA "Fingerprinting"
Presumptive Identification
Physical Features
Clothing and Other Personal Property
Circumstances Surrounding Death
Skeletal Remains
REFERENCES
Case Examples
Case 1 - Differential Decomposition Discussion
Case 2 - Time of Death
Case 3 - Gastric
Biography
Jay Dix
"The volumes are appropriate reading for death investigators, law enforcement officers and attorneys…Physicians-in-training would benefit in such specialties as Pathology, Emergency Medicine and Surgery…I anticipate that the remaining volumes in this series will prove equally useful."
--Laurence R. Simpson, Jr., M.D.-Forensic Pathologist, Michigan State University
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