2007-01-08 08:51:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
establishing the time of death of a murder victim
2007-01-08 08:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you find a dead body you could figure out at least an approximate time of death. You can then correlate that to reports of missing persons, abductions, unsolved murder cases from that period, etc. Sometimes you can't identify DNA/fingerprints/dental-records from badly decomposed bodies, but you can reconstruct things like age, sex, height, hair color, weight, and check for people like that in missing persons databases.
2007-01-08 08:56:26 · answer #2 · answered by Some Body 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This type of information is definitely of use to coroners and Forensic investigators, funeral directors, embalmers, doctors who need to harvest organs or tissue for transplant. Oh, and murderers who hide bodies!
2007-01-08 08:56:25 · answer #3 · answered by Chanteuse_ar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Writing for CSI.
2007-01-08 08:54:30 · answer #4 · answered by Master of All He Surveys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
serial killer tricks and secrets?
2007-01-08 08:59:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋