Death+answers+RL+and+DLaw

1) manner of death and cause of death manner of death one of the four means by whihch someone dies (natural, accidental, suicidal, homicidal) cause of death the immediate reason for a person's death 1b) cause of death and mechanism of death cause of death the immediate reason for a persons death mechanism of death is the specific body failure that leads to death 1c) larva is immature form of an animal that undergoes metamorphasis for example maggot pupa is the staghe in an insects life cylcle when the larva forms a capsule around itself and changes into its adult form 1d) rigor mortis is the stiffening of the skeletal muscles after death and it starts within 24 hours and is finished by the 36th hour livor mortis the pooling of the blood in tissues after death resulting in a reddish color in the skin and also tells if the body has been moved 1e) autolysis the spontaneous breakdown of cells as they self digest decomposition the process of rotting and breakling down

2) The reason that is was so huge in the stomach and abdominal region was becusae it was bloated and the gases inside the body had not released yet and that it was not very old. The gases in the stomach had not been released therefore it was very large in that area.

3) Dirt, bugs, livor mortis for movement, anything apprarent that is out of the ordinary

4) No because the time of death was only 2 to 6 hours earlier because that is when the stiffness begins and starts to move down the body and therrefore would explain why it was not in his legs yet but in the rest of his body.

5) The blowflies are the first to get to the body b/c they are attracted to the gases in the decomposition of the body and they lay their eggs in the body which then turn into larvae or maggots