Death Investigation
Time when rigor mortis starts fading
What is after 12 hours?
Body swells with gases
What is bloating?
An example of a presumptive test.
What is breathalyzer, alphabet backwards, walking in a straight line, blood, urine?
This insect arrives at the body within five minutes of death.
What is a blowfly?
Narrating character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Who is Greg Heffley?
Spots on the side of the body that is showing livor mortis that are not deep red or purple.
What are pressure points?
Bones and skin are all that remain
What is dry/skeletal remains?
This toxicology specialist focuses on sports and PEDs
What is doping control?
What distinguishes Instar I from Instar II
The number of spiracles and the size
Focal point of the Last Dance documentary
Who is MJ?
How the temperature of a dead body changes when it is 110 degrees in the surrounding environment
What is increases?
Maximum insect activity
What is active decay?
This toxicology specialist runs test on blood, tissue, and stomach contents during an autopsy
What is death investigation?
List environmental factors that could affect the timeline of insect lifecycles.
Climate, precipitation, season, enclosed area
This Texas Ranger set a record for most home runs in the first round of a home run derby in 2008.
Who is Josh Hamilton?
Approximate time since death for a body showing no signs of rigor or livor mortis
What is less than 2 hours?
Insect activity declines as food sources are disappearing
What is advanced decay?
This toxicology specialist focuses on DUI and DWI
What is human performance toxicology?
If all goes well, this is the total time for a blowfly to complete a life cycle.
What is 3-6 weeks?
This island nation sits on the mid-atlantic ridge and plays host to several volcanoes.
What is Iceland?
What is 8-12 hours?
Stage where livor, rigor, and algor mortis begin
The three steps of a forensic toxicologist performing laboratory drug tests.
1. Test for the presence of drugs
2. Determine what kind of drugs
3. Quantify how much of each drug is present
Eyeholes, mouth, ear
What are the most common places for the blowfly to lay eggs?
This was the most powerful empire in the world in the year 100 AD
What is the Roman Empire?