Richard JonesFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoUniversity of Tennessee New Method for Measuring Human Decomposition Could Significantly Impact Medicolegal Death Investigations ojp.gov In a criminal trial that involves a death, it often is critical to know when the person died. But law enforcement and medical examiner communities …
Richard Jones Decomposing Bodies to Solve Cold Case Murders VICEThe number of missing persons and unidentified remains in the United States has been called “the nation’s silent mass disaster” by the National Institute of Justice. Since 1980, there have been 250,000...
Richard Jones How science solved the mystery of feet washing ashore in the Pacific Northwestverified_publisher National Geographic - Erika EngelhauptThis story is an excerpt from the book Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt. On August 20, 2007, a 12-year-old girl spotted a lone blue-and-white running shoe—a men’s...
Richard Jones Estimation of the time of death: where we are now? - PubMed nih.gov One of the increasingly discussed topics in forensic pathology is that concerning the quantification of the postmortem interval (PMI). The estimation …
Richard Jones Vienna man's body lay in apartment for months 'forgotten' by city departmentverified_publisher The GuardianFor two months, Vienna’s funeral services “forgot” to pick up the body of an elderly man who had died in his apartment, according to a city official. The 66-year-old man had been living alone and had ill...
Richard Jones Hermit actor ‘hid dead mother’s body with Febreze’ independent.co.uk - Louise Hall An actor who was found dead alongside the body of his mother in New York City may have used Febreze to mask the smell of her body for several days, …
Richard Jones Family who fear daughter was killed sue Leeds NHS trust after body decomposesverified_publisher The Guardian - Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondentExclusive: pathologist unable to rule out third-party involvement in Emily Whelan’s death because of condition of corpse The family of a woman who they suspect was killed is suing a health trust that stored...
Richard Jones Family wins lawsuit against NHS trust over woman’s decomposed bodyverified_publisher The GuardianThe family of a woman whom they suspect was killed has won a lawsuit against a health trust that allowed her body to decompose to the point that experts were unable to rule out third-party involvement...
Richard Jones Scientists ID potential biomarkers to peg time of death for submerged corpsesverified_publisher Ars Technica - Jennifer Ouellette The levels of certain proteins in bones can reveal how long a body has been in water. There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story …
Richard JonesSpecimen Saturday! Postmortem animal activity. The first 2 photos are indicative of larger animals, whereas the last photo... twitter.com
