Rigor Mortis
Vocab
Decomposition
Characteristics of Death
Serial Killers
100

The first muscles that show Rigor Mortis

What is Small Muscles/Face?

100

Medical examination to determine the cause of death

What is Autopsy?

100

The body begins decomposition after death at this time

What is Immediately?

100

PMI stands for

What is Postmortem Interval?

100

Name the three types of Serial Killers

What is Organized, Unorganized, and Mixed?

200

Name three factors that affect the Rigor Mortis of bodies

What is Ambient temperature/A person’s weight/ Presence, absence, and weight of clothing/Illness/ Level of physical activity shortly before death/Exposure to heat, cold, sun, and wind/Body Mass

200

An elected official, either a layman or physician, who certifies deaths and can order additional investigations of suspicious deaths

What is Coroner?

200

This is the first occurrence of decomposition

What is Cell Autolysis?

200

The cooling of the body following death

What is Algor Mortis?

200

Working as a business man, the American Psycho is

Who is Patrick Bateman?

300

A corpse found that feels cold and is limp has been dead for 

What is More than 36 Hours?

300

The breakdown of cells as they self-digest

What is Autolysis?

300

This occurs in a corpse as more gases, such as hydrogen sulfide, methane, sulfur dioxide, putrescine, and cadaverine, are released inside the body

What is Bloating?

300

The eyes of a corpse were open and this forms on the eyeball

What is a Cloudy Film?

300

Jeffery Dahmer's MO

What is Cannibalism?

400

A body was found dead at the gym on the treadmill. This part of the body would display Rigor Mortis first

What is Legs?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

Destruction of soft tissue by bacteria that results in the release of waste gases and fluids

What is Putrefaction?

400

Sulfur compounds combine with hemoglobin and lend a brown color to veins and the skin. This occurs in the skin as a result of protein decomposition

What is Marbling?

400

The reddish coloration of a deceased person's skin

What is Livor Mortis?

400

Ted Bundy was a prolific serial killer. Tell me if he is a Psychopath or a Sociopath and explain

What is Psychopath because he has no connections?

500

A thin male was found dead in his hot apartment 5 hours after death. Tell me what stage Rigor Mortis could be in

What is Peak Rigor?

500

A fatty or waxy substance produced during the decomposition of dead bodies exposed to moisture. Pronunciation counts

What is Adipocere?

500

DAILY DOUBLE

Name the two things on the body that decomposition does not affect

What is Hair and Fingernail length?

500

The average temperature of a dead body

What is 32 Degrees Celsius/90 Degrees Fahrenheit?

500

This Serial Killer is home to Illinois and committed many crimes against young men

Who is John Wayne Gacy?

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