FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Forensic Toxicology, Hematoma, Calcium Oxalate
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A death investigation is a process whereby a coroner(investigates sudden unexpected deaths) or forensic pathologist (experts in disease and injury) seeks to understand how and why a person died. Coroner: the ones that call meetings, they head the investigations. How (cause of death) - mixed drug toxicity, blunt force trauma. By what means (manner of death): undetermined, suicide, homicide, accidental, natural, (ushan): Pathology- study disease and injury, perform clinical/hospital autopsy. Forensic pathologist: study disease and injury that resulted in sudden death, perform forensic/medical legal autopsy determine cod (cause of death) and con rm mod ( manner of death) Sex, height, weight, color, age, eye color, hair color. Wounds (contusions, lacerations) markings on clothes and skin, rearm discharge residue (fdr) - burnt and partially burnt gunpowder residues, soot, vaporized lead, dirt, etc. Forensic chemist may analyze this span and density of fdr may provide insight into ring range distant.
