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Death Investigation GPSTC 320-321autopsy - answer the examination of a corpse to determine the cause of death
Medical Examiner - answer chief, regional, county or local
Coroner - answer four year term, constitutionally elected, independent death
investigation
inquest - answer official hearing or investigation seeking the cause of death
Death Notice – answer LE must provide coroner with death notification the county the
body or death was found
when does LE have to investigate a death? - answer Suicide or casualty
Suddenly when in apparent good health
When unattended by a physician
In any suspicious or unusual manner with particular Attention to those persons 16 years
of age and under
After birth but before 7 years of age if death is Unexpected or unexplained
As a result of an execution carried out pursuant to the imposition of the death penalty
Any inmate
signs of death - answerdecomposition, cessation of circulation, cessation of respiration,
complete muscular relaxation, algor mortis-cooling down, rigor mortis-onset after 4-6
hrs, last 4-6 hrs, up to 24 hrs., livor mortis- cadaveric lividity-red-blue discoloration,
changes of the eye
the eye having a "glazed over" look
the signs of death must work - answerin conjunction not either or
Estimating time of death - answerCan never give an exact time of death; examiner can
analyze many characteristics to give an approximate time of death.
can be estimated within *four* hours
recent death - answerthe easiest to determine. the body is still warm
mucus membranes are still moist. pupils are beginning to dilate and fix.
Death 1/2 hour to four days prior - answerif death occurred within four days the mucous
membranes are already dry. skin blisters, skin slippage, body is slightly pink
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