Death Investigation & Preparation of Remains

Question 1

Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS)

Answer 1

Ch. 146
Determines types of deaths that require investigation
Establishes medical examiner system and how missing person case records are managed.

Question 2

Positive identification

Answer 2

Fingerprint
DNA
Dental/Medical comparison
(Need records from life)

Question 3

Cause of death

Answer 3

The injury or disease that begins the chain of even that ultimately leads to death

Question 4

Presumptive identification

Answer 4

Circumstances
Physical Attributes
Biological Profile
Witness
Photo

Question 5

Manner of death

Answer 5

Legal distinction for the way someone died how the cause occurred

Question 6

Manner of death: Natural

Answer 6

Natural disease process, including alcoholism

Question 7

Manner of death: Accident

Answer 7

overdose, motor vehicle collision, falls

Question 8

Manner of death: Suicide

Answer 8

taking of own life

Question 9

Manner of death: Homicide

Answer 9

die at the hands of another

Question 10

What is most important in determining the manner of death?

Answer 10

Scene Investigation

Question 11

Order of preparing remains

Answer 11

1. Cleaning
2. Reconstruction, sorting, assembling
3. Inventory

Question 12

What do dermestid beetles do to the body?

Answer 12

Larva eat soft tissues through slow process

Question 13

Reconstruction

Answer 13

gluing/ taping broken bones

Question 14

Sorting

Answer 14

separating skeletal elements into individuals

Question 15

Reassembly

Answer 15

placing the elements in anatomical position for inventory

Question 16

MNI

Answer 16

Minimum number of individuals