new unit 7 Flashcards
Antemortem
Injuries Before the killing of the body
Perimortem
Injuries During the killing
Postmortem
Injuries After the killing
5 Manners of death
HSANU…Homocide,suicide.accident,
natural,undertermined.
What is Algor Mortis
Comparison of body temperature to ambient temperature( Lose 1.5 degrees per hour)
Body disintegrates due to heat, moisture, bugs, scavengers, bacteria :
Decomposition
Full rigor moths is a ___ hours.
12
Muscles stiffen within 5 hors and release 24-36 hrs is:
Rigor Mortis
Skin discoloration due to blood pooling from loss of heartbeat and gravity is:
Livor Mortis ( body was moved)
How does ME identify the body?
wallet, fingerprint, dental,DNA, Anthropogical,Tattoos and scar marks,Family
First person to come up with ID system(Failed)
Bertillion
What is corpus delicti:
Body of crime scene
What is Modus operandi
Method of Operation (MO)
He was the first person to classify fingerprints in1897 and introduced it to US in 1903.
Sir Richard Henry
He said “ Every contact leaves its Trace”
Locard ( Locard Exchange Principle)