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Lividity
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The settling of the blood in the body. After a about 3-5 hours of the body sitting in one spot it become fixed
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Fixed Lividity
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When the blood can't move, it's solidified in place. It shows what the body was laid on.
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Mummification
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The desiccation/drying out of tissue. It happens in hot/cold dry environments. Low light
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Exhumation
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Where you dig up a body of a proper burial.
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Forensic
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The truth
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Excavation
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Digging up of body’s where they didn’t know they were their or wasn’t a proper burial.
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Cadaveric spasm
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The body stiffens quickly. A quick rigor mortis. They use "formalin" to embalm bodies and preserve them. It makes the body solid.
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Rigor mortis
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Stiffing of the body. It starts at the tips of your fingers and toes. 15-20 hours to get into full rigor. If it’s warm it’s faster.
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Decomposition
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The breakdown or deterioration of materials.
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Forensic Anthropology
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The study of human remains.
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Primary Burials:
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Where body was initially. The bones are in anatomical condition.
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Secondary Burials
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Body was moved. The bones are NOT in anatomical condition.
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Decompostion
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Break down of biological materials.
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Adipocere
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a grayish waxy substance formed by the decomposition of soft tissue in dead bodies subjected to moisture. Wet cold, with little light.
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Trivial
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Of little importance
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Petechial Hemorrhage
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Show up in strangulation or suffocation
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Six types of crime scene search patterns
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Wheel: Good for outdoor but small area. Many People
Spiral: Start in the center and spiral out. One Person, outdoor Strip: Good for one person, outdoors or indoor if there’s enough space. Grid: Multiple people- outdoor or indoor Line: Multiple people- outdoor Zone: Indoor: one or many. They searched a certain parts. |
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4 manners of death
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Homicide
Suicide Natural Causes Accidental |
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Evidence
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Physical
Testimonial |
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Three indicators of a burial site
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Soil mixed
Sunken soil Unusual placement of objects Disturbed vegetation |
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Locating bodies and or skeletal remains outdoors.
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Sunken or depressed earth.
Unusual placements of items: To keep it from being dug up, to keep it from being discovered. Disturbed vegitation Discolored soil. Mixed soil below the ground. |
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What does it mean to pedistal a body.
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You dig around the body.
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What tool should not be used at a skeletal /body recovery?
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Sharp object.
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Three things that preserve or destroy remains:
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1. Animals
2. Chymicals 3. Weather |