2. Natural Accidental Suicidal Homicidal Undetermined

3. Heart attack Hanging Shooting Blunt force trauma

4. Heart stopped Loss of blood Cessation of brain function Respiratory arrest

5. Victim found with knife in chest Manner? could be homicide, suicide, accident Cause? could be puncture wound Mechanism? could be loss of blood

6. Victim found on train tracks Manner? accident or suicide or homicide or natural Cause? blunt force trauma or heart attack Mechanism? cessation of brain function or heart stopped

7. Victim found on bathroom floor Manner? Natural…accident…homicide Cause? We would need more information Mechanism? We would need more information

8. Victim found with empty pill bottle Manner? Accident…suicide…homicide Cause? Heart attack Mechanism? Heart stopped

10. Blood spills from tissues to lower body parts Blood turns purple Lividity…pooling of blood Lividity begins 2 hours after death Up to 8 hours, if body is pressed, color disappears After 8 hours, if body is pressed, color remains

11. Begins within two hours Starts at head Most rigid at 12 hours Disappears between 36-48 hours

12. Temperature taken in the liver Body cools at a rate of 1.4 F (.78 C) each hour for the first 12 hours Body cools at a rate of.7 F (.39 C) each hour after 12 hours Continues to cool to reach surrounding temperature

14. Within two days Cells break down, skin discolored After four days Skin blisters, abdomen swells Six to ten days Corpse bloats and may burst, body liquefies, skin falls off

15. Choose: A. Within 2 days. B. After 4 days. C. Within 6-10 days. 1.Fluids begin to leak from body openings as cell membranes rupture. 2.Discoloration of the face. 3.The skin sloughs off. 4.The skin blisters. 5.Green and purplish staining from blood decomposition. 6.The corpse bloats. 7.Eyeballs and other tissues liquefy. 8.The abdomen swells. 9.Marbling appearance on the skin.

16. 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. A

17. Stomach content How much digestion has occurred 4-6 hours for food to leave stomach 12 more hours to leave the small intestine Insects Determine stage of development