Question

Describe the impact on time of death for each of the variables listed. If you based your time of death estimates strictly on temperature loss to be 10 hours earlier, would you reduce your 10-hour estimate or increase your 10-hour estimate if the body had been:_________
a. Naked

b. Exposed to windy conditions

c. Suffering from an illness prior to death

d. Submerged in a lake

Answer 1

Answer:

Naked

Explanation:

In the laboratory, when we try to understand the kinetics of the body to measure and to manipulate the timeline of the death. It happened spacially when to measure the timeline of the death and to preserve the whole evidence after death.

There are two way through that the time of death can be measured such as:

• The rating method
• The concurrence method.

Thus here the naked body has an impact on the timeline of death.

Answer 2

Answer:

Answers below

Explanation:

Naked:

Reduce 10-hour estimate because clothing will act as an insulator reducing heat loss. So when naked, you will be colder faster hence shortening the amount of time in the death estimate.

Exposed to windy conditions:

Reduce 10-hour estimate because when it is windy outside the temperature tends to decrease due to the winds. The body would cool down faster than the death estimate of 10 hours.

Suffering from an illness before death:

Increase 10-hour estimate because illness is usually followed by a fever which increases the body temperature. With this, the body will take longer to cool down from starting at a higher temperature.

Submerged in a lake:

Reduce the 10-hour time because most lakes are much cooler than body temperature. So the 10-hour death estimate will reduce because the temperature will decrease faster in cooler conditions.