Red Eyes After Death

Photo Credit: Joel Mark Witt

Photo Credit: Joel Mark Witt

What could cause the cornea to become red after death? And redness only where it was exposed to air & light. There was no redness under the eyelids. Rigor had already resolved. No obvious signs of strangulation/asphyxiation.

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