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Lividity
The settling of the blood in the body. After a about 3-5 hours of the body sitting in one spot it become fixed
Fixed Lividity
When the blood can't move, it's solidified in place. It shows what the body was laid on.
Mummification
The desiccation/drying out of tissue. It happens in hot/cold dry environments. Low light
Exhumation
Where you dig up a body of a proper burial.
Forensic
The truth
Excavation
Digging up of body’s where they didn’t know they were their or wasn’t a proper burial.
Cadaveric spasm
The body stiffens quickly. A quick rigor mortis. They use "formalin" to embalm bodies and preserve them. It makes the body solid.
Rigor mortis
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.
Decomposition
The breakdown or deterioration of materials.
Forensic Anthropology
The study of human remains.
Primary Burials:
Where body was initially. The bones are in anatomical condition.
Secondary Burials
Body was moved. The bones are NOT in anatomical condition.
Decompostion
Break down of biological materials.
Adipocere
a grayish waxy substance formed by the decomposition of soft tissue in dead bodies subjected to moisture. Wet cold, with little light.
Trivial
Of little importance
Petechial Hemorrhage
Show up in strangulation or suffocation
Six types of crime scene search patterns
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.
4 manners of death
Homicide
Suicide
Natural Causes
Accidental
Evidence
Physical
Testimonial
Three indicators of a burial site
Soil mixed
Sunken soil
Unusual placement of objects
Disturbed vegetation
Locating bodies and or skeletal remains outdoors.
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.
What does it mean to pedistal a body.
You dig around the body.
What tool should not be used at a skeletal /body recovery?
Sharp object.
Three things that preserve or destroy remains:
1. Animals
2. Chymicals
3. Weather