Decomposition
Medical Examiner or Forensic Pathologist
Rigor Mortis
Livor Mortis
Algor Mortis
Autopsy
Coroner
This occurs between 2-6 hours after death. The body stiffens...this is used to determine time of death
Used to determine time of death and cause of death.
Dead body cools at an average of 1.5 degrees per hour. Used to determine time of death
Person with a medical degree who performs the autopsy
Occurs 3-12 hours after death. This occurs from heart stopping and blood pooling in the lower spots of the dead body. Purplish color results in those areas.
Elected official who decides if an autopsy is needed by a specialist
When flies, maggots, and bacteria inhabit the dead body. Studying the life cycle of these gives a time of death.
