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Algor, Livor, and Rigor Mortis
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1. The body of a person known to have eaten Mexican food at noon was found dead at 11pm. During the autopsy, the medical examiner found no food in the stomach but did find evidence of Mexican food in the first half of the small intestine. Based on postmortem interval estimate from the stomach contents only, which of the following times would be the best estimate of a PMI?
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2. As you drive along a roadside, you and your friend notice a dead deer. Your friend comments that the deer must have been pregnant. "Did you see the size of its belly? It was huge!" What other explanation could you give your friend as to why the abdominal region of the dead deer was so large?
3. Case 1: An elderly man is found deceased in his apartment.  His body temperature is 33.1C (91.6F). What is the estimated PMI
4. Case 2: A body found outside in the winter has a temperature of 33.1C.  Has the body been dead a longer or shorter time than Case 1?   Explain your answer.
5. Case 3: Approximately how long has the victim been dead if his body temperature was 25.9C (85.2F)?
6. Case 4: What is the approximate time of death if the body temperature was 10C (50F)?
7. A body is found with NO evidence of rigor.
8. A body if found exhibiting rigor throughout the entire body.
9. A body is found exhibiting rigor in only the eyelids and jaw muscles
10. A body is found with the entire body in rigor EXCEPT the eyelids and jaw muscles.
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