Week 6 SUPER CALCULUS

4. What methods are commonly used to find the time of death?

° With the use of bowflies, by analyzing the eggs and larvae, a person can give an accuarate estimate of the time of death.

°Newtons law of cooling states, looks at the changes in temperature in the corpse.

°Calculating the aumont of certain substances after a period of time in the crime scene, and by analyzing other types of evidence.

5. What factors are considered in Algor Mortis?

°The region's weather.

°Clothing.

°Body size.

°Inmersion in water.

°Movement and humidity of the air.

6. How does the environment affect the time of death?
°Because of its temperature, when the environment changes, the body temperature may change, and by that, professionals can get the results about how long has the body has been exposed. Therefore they get the death time.

7. What can you tell about the different methods of temperature reading of the body?

Do they make a difference in the results?

°Most scientists prefer the algor mortis method because its less complicated and more efficient, except that in tropical areas it isn't that accurate. There are other methods like bowflies or Newton, but are a lot more complicated than the algor mortis.