Murder we wrotE! (Questions 4-7)

Questions 4 to 7....

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

1. The rate method. Measuring the change produced by a process which takes place at a known rate which was either initiated or stopped by the event under investigation, i.e. death. Examples include the amount and distribution of rigor mortis, the change in body temperature, and the degree of putrefaction of the body.
2. The concurrence method. Comparing the occurrence of events which took place at known times with the time of occurrence of the event under investigation, i.e. death. For example, a wrist watch stopped by a blow during an assault, the extent of digestion of the last known meal.


What factors are considered in Algor Mortis?

Environment
Temperature of the body

How does the environment affect the time of death?

Newton's law of cooling states that the rate of cooling of a body is determined by the difference between the temperature of the body and that of its environment.

What can you tell about the different methods of temperature reading of the body? Do they make a difference in the results?

I think that its really hard to find the exact time of death because there are a lot of factors that may vary. I think that Algor Mortis is the closest one in guessing or approximating the time of death because the main factor affecting the corpse is the environment and in Algor mortis is the first thing take in notice. =)