Forensic Death

what insect comes first after death ?

• Blow fly

• maggots

• beatles

• worms

What is lividity?

• none of these

• stiffening of the body muscles due to chemical changes

• the settling of blood after death in gravity-dependent portions of the body, including in the organs.

• The brain shuts down completely and the person begins to have a stroke

What can effect rigor ?

• Illness/fever

• clothing

• obesity

• all of these

Rigor mortis occurs within 12 hours of death and disappears within 24 hours.

• True
• False

A body decomposing on a summer day will typically show increased progression of rigor mortis.

• True
• False

Autolysis is carried out by microorganisms such as bacteria.

• True
• False