Cause vs Manner
Disease or injury leading directly to death.
What is cause of death?
Body cooling after death.
What is algor mortis?
Fluid in lungs suggests this type of death.
What is drowning?
Drug class that slows CNS activity (e.g., alcohol).
What are depressants?
Pattern of blood droplets used to reconstruct events.
What is blood spatter analysis?
Classification like homicide, suicide, accident.
What is manner of death?
Muscle stiffening after death.
What is rigor mortis?
Petechiae in eyes suggest this mechanism.
What is asphyxiation?
Drug that increases heart rate and alertness.
What are stimulants?
Fingerprint uniqueness comes from this feature.
What are minutiae?
Gunshot wound is the cause; homicide is the _____.
What is manner of death?
Blood pooling causing discoloration.
What is livor mortis?
Soot in airway suggests death occurred during fire.
What is inhalation injury?
Substance causing hallucinations.
What are hallucinogens?
DNA profiling commonly uses this method.
What is PCR?
Overdose without intent is classified as this manner.
What is accidental?
Insect colonization used to estimate time of death.
What is forensic entomology?
Defensive wounds indicate this manner of death.
What is homicide?
Liver is primary organ for this process.
What is metabolism/detoxification?
Fibers can be classified as natural or this.
What are synthetic?
Natural death due to myocardial infarction falls under this manner.
What is natural?
Greenish discoloration of abdomen due to decomposition.
What is putrefaction?
Cherry-red skin discoloration indicates this poisoning.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning?
Blood alcohol concentration is abbreviated as this.
What is BAC?
Transfer of evidence between suspect and victim.
What is Locard’s Exchange Principle?