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__DI-__ death investigator, coroner -determine how it occurred, when it happened, what caused it

__manners of death__: natural accidental suicide homicide undetermined

__time of death__: 1. body temperature (algor mortis) 2. discoloration (livor mortis) 3. rigor mortis (stiffening of muscles) 4. ocular indicators 5. food digestion 6. personal factors 7. decay/decomposition rates

__Decomposition__: waxy looking skin--> blood settles and creates purplish red-->desiccation--> body putrefies, swells--> foul odor--> skin blisters and organs liquefy -insects can help with decomposition __autopsy__: postmortem examination of a corpse to determine manner and cause of death for an official report -body is first photographed .clothed and unclothed .dirty and clean .trussed and untrussed -then Xrayed, weighed, fingerprinted, measured

Y incision, shoulder to shoulder to sternum 1. blunt-force injury, bruising abrasions, contusions 2. gunshot wounds, tattoo andstippling or fouling around the wound 3. knife incised wounds, stab or cut