I spent the five happiest years of my life in a morgue. As a forensic scientist in the Cleveland coroner’s office I analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes. Now I'm a certified latent print examiner and CSI for a police department in Florida. I also write a series of forensic suspense novels, turning the day job into fiction. My books have been translated into six languages.
You have to have good attention to detail, can work under stress and unpredictable circumstances, be patient and cautious.
According to a little chart I have tacked up above my desk, livor mortis sets at about the same time as complete rigor mortis, so it could be possible. But you really need a pathologist to answer that.
There's only two kinds of blood, blood and menstrual blood, and as far as I know there's been no studies using menstrual blood.
Yes, absolutely. Most people will have a mix of patterns on their fingers.
TV Meteorologist
Is having a weatherman really better than just throwing to a 5-day forecast screen?
Chick-fil-A General Manager
How often do you have to fire someone, and does it ever get ugly?
Beauty Queen
Have you ever suspected that the judging in a pageant was rigged?
I really don't know--I suppose it's possible but I don't know how urinating on it would affect it. I also don't know why one would urinate on a towel. And it sounds like you're trying to find an innocent explanation for your girlfriend's parents on the occasion of her unexpected pregnancy. Either way,, good luck.
Email me at Lisa-black@live.com and I’ll send answers.
Whether a surface is soft or hard wouldn't affect the presence of lividity or rigor mortis, they would develop regardless. It might affect the pattern of lividity (whiter at the pressure points).
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