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Liz Deason Death Chapter Notes

Bugs play a big role in the decomposing of bodies

Maggos- small worm like insects that hatch from eggs laid on a decaying body. -Laid in the body by flies, maggots grow up the the size of a piece of macaroni, this is caused by them feeding on the flesh - Usually turn into blow flies - Grow larger in TN because of the humidity, rain and temperature conditions, in hot dry places the body generally decays faster and there is nothing for them to feed on

Murry G. Motter -examinded many bodies that had been moved from thier buril places in a grave yard - found many different species of insects inside them in all different stages of life - found that the insects had "entombed" in the corpses

enviorment and conditions effect the number and presence of insects in the body

-when temperatures drop below 50 degrees ferinheight flies stop flying

The graduate student who wored on site to study insects write a reoport on them which became famouse and opend many jobs at forensic labs for him. His studies later helped to investigate and solve numerous other cases.