ESTABLISHING THE
POST-MORTEM
INTERVAL
LAB #5 (ASM 275)
WARNING: DISTURBING
, MEDICO-LEGAL
PROFESSIONALS
FORENSIC FORENSIC FORENSIC
PATHOLOGIST ENTOMOLOGIST ANTHROPOLO
HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SPECIALIZES THE USE OF WILL ASSIST WITH DETER
ASSESSING THE INSECT BIOLOGY IN AIDING THE PMI IF THE POSTM
POSTMORTEM INTERVAL THE DEATH INVESTIGATION INTERVAL IS LONG
(PMI). THEY MAY ENLIST THE
HELP OF FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGISTS. Forensic Anthropologists often conduct research using body
facilities where cadavers are used to record the proce
decomposition under controlled conditions
, ADVANTAGES
➢ Provides law enforcement
THE RELEVANC
agents with an estimate of how
long ago the individual died ➔
which is useful for assessing
PMI ESTIMATI
LIMITATIONS
suspect alibis or for comparing
➢ Hours may pass between the
against missing persons
assault leading to an
➢ Provide information on who was
individual’s death and the
in the vicinity of decedent at
time they actually died
the time of their death
METHODS & ➢ If a missing person’s body has
CONSIDERATIONS not been found then analysts
➢ Methods need to be precise, can use information about the
repeatable, accurate, and rate of decomposition to
expedient predict the state the body will
➢ Should generate quantitative be in when discovered
data using statistical ➢ To establish the order in which
analyses that incorporates individuals passed away in
relevant variables multi-fatality cases
➢ PMI as exculpatory evidence ➢ Clerical reasons ➔ filing death
should be used with great certificates and providing data
caution → rarely the central on when exactly and individual
argument in a legal matter expired
POST-MORTEM
INTERVAL
LAB #5 (ASM 275)
WARNING: DISTURBING
, MEDICO-LEGAL
PROFESSIONALS
FORENSIC FORENSIC FORENSIC
PATHOLOGIST ENTOMOLOGIST ANTHROPOLO
HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SPECIALIZES THE USE OF WILL ASSIST WITH DETER
ASSESSING THE INSECT BIOLOGY IN AIDING THE PMI IF THE POSTM
POSTMORTEM INTERVAL THE DEATH INVESTIGATION INTERVAL IS LONG
(PMI). THEY MAY ENLIST THE
HELP OF FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGISTS. Forensic Anthropologists often conduct research using body
facilities where cadavers are used to record the proce
decomposition under controlled conditions
, ADVANTAGES
➢ Provides law enforcement
THE RELEVANC
agents with an estimate of how
long ago the individual died ➔
which is useful for assessing
PMI ESTIMATI
LIMITATIONS
suspect alibis or for comparing
➢ Hours may pass between the
against missing persons
assault leading to an
➢ Provide information on who was
individual’s death and the
in the vicinity of decedent at
time they actually died
the time of their death
METHODS & ➢ If a missing person’s body has
CONSIDERATIONS not been found then analysts
➢ Methods need to be precise, can use information about the
repeatable, accurate, and rate of decomposition to
expedient predict the state the body will
➢ Should generate quantitative be in when discovered
data using statistical ➢ To establish the order in which
analyses that incorporates individuals passed away in
relevant variables multi-fatality cases
➢ PMI as exculpatory evidence ➢ Clerical reasons ➔ filing death
should be used with great certificates and providing data
caution → rarely the central on when exactly and individual
argument in a legal matter expired
