Death's+Acre+98-110+LT

- Once death happens flies become immediately attracted to the scent of blood and begin swarming tot he body. - Flies tend to find themselves trapped within the very body that provided the blood they were attracted to - Reed decided that we would lay out dog carcases in an open field - He found that in open areas and in warmer temperatures bodies tend to decay faster. - Also he found the in colder temperatures under 50 degrees flies are unable to flie - These allows for Reed to determine what season any bodies found was killed in. - The body that the workers found was found to have a thin layer of silt that allowed Reed to know that it was found in a creek - On the dead body found the bullet wound was found to have a fracture, which shows that it was an execution killing - Also it is found the the body from from lower class, based on the broken jaw (bar fight), the tobacco stains and the decaying tooth. - The flies that are found on the body have wasps that come and feed on them, that can determine the length of death. - This also happens with beetles eating the maggots. - The flies that Bill had released earlier with the orange paint were found. - Three were found the the field on one of the bodies, which shows that flies released into the air quickly return and find the smell of the blood. - The research done was rewarded with honors in top science magazines. - The dead body found of the girl was finally found off the road in a ditch. - It was noticed that her shoes were found somewhere else, but they had been on her feet when she was killed - Also it was found that she had been stabbed to death, even though she had been dead for so long it was hard to tell. - The friend of her boyfriend had been found to usually wear a knife, but after the time the death occurred he never wore it. - While he was the probable killer he was never arrested due to lack of evidence.