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- A DI must have knowledge of forensic pathology, they must know the difference between a murder and a death, or between accident and suicidal death - There are five possible categories of death. - Natural death - Accidental death - Suicide death - Homicidal death - Undetermined - All childhood deaths are examined and all public deaths are too. - Bodies found inside are usually in better condition than ones found outside - The DI must exam all initial visual evidence, without messing up the crime scene - There are ways t determine time of death - Body temperature. degrees below 98.6 - Discoloration. Amount of purple found nearest to the ground - Rigor Mortis. amount of stiffness present in the body - Ocular indicators. Thin film on eyes, short time if open, takes longer if closed - Food digestion. The metabolizing rate present in teh stomach - Personal factors. If a witness can place person alive at certain time - Decay rates. what stage of decomposition is the body in - A body in the open in warmer dry climate decompose much faster than ones in wet cold closed in areas - Flies can smell blood immediately following death. Maggots begin to find all orifices on the body. -Beetles and wasp soon come to feed on the bodies present on the body - Flies an help tell when a wound occurred, possible movement of body, drug analysis, etc. - Most autopsies are partial, meaning they are only check part of the dead body - Families must be alerted to the autopsy Things looked for in the autopsy. Blunt-force in