Question

State 2-3 ways that medical examiners determine time of death. Explain the procedures and what information can be discovered in the process. How is Bill Bass’ Body Farm helpful in this research?

Answer 1

Answer:

Physical inspection and postmortem are the two ways used to find out the time of death.

Explanation:

3 ways that medical examiners determine time of death of an individual is given below:

1) By physical inspection in which the medical examiner see the rate of decomposition and the insects which are present on the dead body.

2) By postmortem in which the whole body is examine and find out the cause and the time of death of person.

Bill Bass’ Body Farm helpful in this research because this is an outdoor laboratory where the dead body should be examined by the researchers by using various instruments and chemicals.