Determining How Long Someone Has Been Dead

by Duncan
(Markham, Ontario, Canada)

Photo Credit: Sara Petagna

Photo Credit: Sara Petagna

How does a forensic scientist determine how long someone has been dead for? Is there any biochemical process involved, or does the body endure a biochemical process to aid in the forensic scientist's discovery?

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