Forensic Science Trivia Game!

I know I know! But I will give others a chance to answer.... I don't want to answeer all of them and not have any of the others not get a chance!

PS: In class yesterday, we had to investigate three crime scenes AND we got to collect maggots from a dead pig! Forensic entomology is a facinating field of forensics, but not for me! and BTW, dead pigs have such a special smell. :D
 
Genipin is a reagent used to develop friction ridge detail on porous items producing dark blue images; this reagent can be visualized with or without fluorescence.
 
G'day Agertays, welcome back, mate. :)

Question:

Give definitions for the following "times of death":

1. "estimated" time of death.
2. "legal" time of death.
3. "physiologic" time of death.
 
errrrrrrrrrrrr.....
estimated.. very rough, days or weeks
legal? a lawers dropped dead or it could be more the hours gven on death certificates
physologic... time of death lookin at the body maybe.. sorta like satags of decay??? ah i don't know.. just guessin
 
estimated: roughly, like more than three days ago.
legal: when the person was pronounced dad
physiologic: when a person is theoretically dead, like brain dead.
 
G'day Agertays, welcome back, mate. :)

Question:

Give definitions for the following "times of death":

1. "estimated" time of death.
2. "legal" time of death.
3. "physiologic" time of death.
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Phew, well, let me guess:

1) "estimated": cloudiness of the eyes
2) "legal": liver temperarure
3) "physiologic": rigor mortis

:rolleyes:
I said I was just guessing....
 
...close enough for the colonies. :)

1. "estimated TOD" - approximate time of demise.
2. "legal TOD" - time recorded on the death certificate.
3. "physiologic TOD" - when vital functions actually cease.

So the TODs may differ by days, weeks, months or even years. e.g. if a victim is killed in August, but the body is not discovered until November, the “physiologic TOD” took place in August, the “estimated TOD” would suggest August, but the “legal TOD” is marked as November.

However, with sufficient information, the "physiologic TOD" can be estimated with significant degree of accuracy.


Next question, please.
 
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