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Cause and manner of death :: Cause: Medical determination based on evidence and opinion Manner: legal determination, circumstances by which cause of death came to be Forensic pathologist :: focuses on determining the cause of death by examining a corpse. The autopsy is performed by a coroner or medical examiner MLI- medical examiner :: Not a doctor but licensed to practice medicine and has forensic background Time of death:concurrencevs rate :: Concurrence- compares events that happened at definite times with the occurrence of the event under investigation Rate-measures changes in the body by processes which take place at known rates Rigor Mortis :: Body becomes rigid Difficult to move Hits full in 12 hours Heat accelerates, cold decelerates Early-full takes 6-24 hour