CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Participaction, Livor Mortis, Strontium
10 Oct 2014
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Anamnestic evidence people"s memory of a regular pattern of activity (eg start run everyday at 7, thus died after 7) Eye witness saw death take place (unless videotaped!) Corporal stage of decomposition (how long did body get to this stage under the circumstances) Cannot be that specific about time of death, even within a few hours difficult. Very wide time (jog at 7, found at 11- many hours between); eye. Witness car accident, would not check time right away; corporal / Unless there is a trained and reliable witness present at death - e. g. doctor, police officer: trained to report the time of death. First few hours after death (<24 h) Performed by forensic pathologist: methods based on medical and biological parameters many factors- estimate only, many pathologists reluctant to estimate; too many variables, methods: algor mortis, rigor mortis, livor mortis, rate of digestion.
