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1
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Antemortem

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Injuries Before the killing of the body

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2
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Perimortem

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Injuries During the killing

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3
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Postmortem

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Injuries After the killing

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4
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5 Manners of death

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HSANU…Homocide,suicide.accident,
natural,undertermined.

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5
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What is Algor Mortis

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Comparison of body temperature to ambient temperature( Lose 1.5 degrees per hour)

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6
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Body disintegrates due to heat, moisture, bugs, scavengers, bacteria :

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Decomposition

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7
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Full rigor moths is a ___ hours.

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12

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8
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Muscles stiffen within 5 hors and release 24-36 hrs is:

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Rigor Mortis

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9
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Skin discoloration due to blood pooling from loss of heartbeat and gravity is:

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Livor Mortis ( body was moved)

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10
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How does ME identify the body?

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wallet, fingerprint, dental,DNA, Anthropogical,Tattoos and scar marks,Family

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11
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First person to come up with ID system(Failed)

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Bertillion

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12
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What is corpus delicti:

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Body of crime scene

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13
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What is Modus operandi

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Method of Operation (MO)

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14
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He was the first person to classify fingerprints in1897 and introduced it to US in 1903.

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Sir Richard Henry

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15
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He said “ Every contact leaves its Trace”

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Locard ( Locard Exchange Principle)

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16
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3 ways ME examines for time of death:

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Rigor mortis, Algor mortis, entomology( life cycle of a fly is exact)

17
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What is evidence collected from dead body?

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trace ( hair and fiber), Clothing,Finger nail scrapings, blood, toxicology, bullets.

18
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What was Bertillion’s measurement of bones called?

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Anthropometry or Bertilliionage.

19
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In which biome will a body decompose the FASTEST?

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Tropical rain forest

20
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In which biome will a body decompose the SLOWEST?

A

Cold Ice land

21
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Why does the ME take hair samples and fingerprints off of an already identified victim?

A

The knowns ELIMININATE the victim from the crime scene.

22
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What information can livor mortis provide?

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time of death