Essays on Algor

It was on a cold January night when the local police were informed of a suspicious activity reported by the neighbors in a locality. An old woman possibly living all by herself had not been seen or heard of since several days, whereas the locals had reported her of being very active and outdoorsy. Yet since two days, she had not been seen outside her home, and when a neighbor visited her, he returned back without an answer even though he waited for several minutes. They tried her number, but she would not answer as well. The police were ...

Question 1: What restrictions apply to a crime scene investigator with regard to a body within the crime scene? Explain.

The crime scene investigator is responsible for the recovery of evidences in a crime scene. Among the evidences that a crime scene investigator collect with regards to a body at a crime scene are bodily fluids such as blood and semen, nail scrapings, hair and the patterns in the blood stains (Byrd, n.d.). When at the crime scene, it is imperative that investigators should make determine any changes done with the body, ask who were involved with the said changes, and verify why the changes were made. Additionally, investigators should approach the body one at a time. The investigator ...

Methods used to determine time of death

There are various methods that can be used to determine the time of death. An example is measuring the body temperature called algor mortis (Guharaj, 2003). A healthy person’s temperature is usually 37.5 degree. However, when a person dies, they lose 1.5 degrees every hour until it reaches the temperature of the environment they are on the ground. In looking at the case study, the victim’s temperature was 32.6 degrees. As an examiner, I would add 1.5 degrees to 32.6 to come up with the 37.5 degrees (Guharaj, 2003). The results shows that the victim’s normal ...