There are so many misconceptions arise when you talk about a person having an autopsy. First of all people think that everyone has an autopsy upon the calling of death. Second people think that person is automatic identified and what happens to their personal effects care for? Next, people think that the organs are kept and donated to other individuals. Another question I get all the time is that is there time where the body will sit up on its own after death. Finally is that what happens to the blood left in the body after death, do we leave it in the body and send it straight to the funeral home?
First of all everyone does not get autopsy following their death. Autopsies are only done when there are a couple factors and it must be given …show more content…
Sometimes a person is not identified through these three ways and then you have to go through fingerprinting identification but these have to be lifted by us and turn over to the police to contact AFIS to try and get a hit on the fingerprint or palm. Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a biometric identification (ID) methodology that uses digital imaging technology to obtain, store, and analyze fingerprint data. The AFIS was originally used by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in criminal cases (Webopedia, 2015). Once the person has been identified then a record is established with name, title, address and a body tag that will appear on the tip of you r toe with all details. We don’t keep personal effects or clothing unless the body is a part of an ongoing homicide. Everything is listed like the description of the clothing-were there stains, color, and fabric type, the condition of the clothing of it being bloody, damaged, semen being found or dirty. Every single detail is important and every single must be written down. We often see on Television a body comes into the morgue and you never see them document all these important details, which are crucial to a case especially homicide. There is a lot of detail goes into the body head and toe of the body. It is a very time consuming event to get the person identified and to get contact with love ones to get personal effects to them. All autopsies must be done within a 24 hour window but will run over to 48 hrs. dealing with how soon the police department needs to know the manner of death. The report from an autopsy takes even longer 6-8 weeks to be
First of all everyone does not get autopsy following their death. Autopsies are only done when there are a couple factors and it must be given …show more content…
Sometimes a person is not identified through these three ways and then you have to go through fingerprinting identification but these have to be lifted by us and turn over to the police to contact AFIS to try and get a hit on the fingerprint or palm. Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) is a biometric identification (ID) methodology that uses digital imaging technology to obtain, store, and analyze fingerprint data. The AFIS was originally used by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in criminal cases (Webopedia, 2015). Once the person has been identified then a record is established with name, title, address and a body tag that will appear on the tip of you r toe with all details. We don’t keep personal effects or clothing unless the body is a part of an ongoing homicide. Everything is listed like the description of the clothing-were there stains, color, and fabric type, the condition of the clothing of it being bloody, damaged, semen being found or dirty. Every single detail is important and every single must be written down. We often see on Television a body comes into the morgue and you never see them document all these important details, which are crucial to a case especially homicide. There is a lot of detail goes into the body head and toe of the body. It is a very time consuming event to get the person identified and to get contact with love ones to get personal effects to them. All autopsies must be done within a 24 hour window but will run over to 48 hrs. dealing with how soon the police department needs to know the manner of death. The report from an autopsy takes even longer 6-8 weeks to be