Death Investigations Vocab

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Across
  1. 6. A medical condition that occurs after death and results in the stiffening of muscle mass. The rigidity of the body begins within 24 hours of death and disappears within 36 hours of death. (2 words)
  2. 8. Identifies the injury or disease that led to the chain of events resulting in death. (3 words)
  3. 11. Waxy substance created from fat
  4. 12. The length of time that has elapsed since a person had died. If the time is not known, a number of medical or scientific techniques may be used to estimate it. (2 words)
  5. 14. A tear in the tissue caused by sliding or crushing force.
  6. 15. A bruise caused by broken blood vessels below the skin.
  7. 16. A determination made by a forensic pathologist of the cause of death. Five board categories are homicide, suicide, accidental, natural, and undetermined. (3 words)
  8. 18. The use of anthropological knowledge of humans and skeletal structure to examine and identify human skeletal remains. (2 words)
  9. 19. A medical condition that occurs after death and results in the settling of blood in areas of the body closest to the ground. (2 words)
Down
  1. 1. A process that occurs after death in which the body temperature continually cools until it reaches that ambient or room temperature. (2 words)
  2. 2. The specific body failure that leads to death. (3 words)
  3. 3. Changes in color of body after death (2 words)
  4. 4. A surgical procedure performed by a pathologist on a dead body to ascertain- from the body, organs, and bodily fluids- the cause of death.
  5. 5. Investigative personnel, typically medical examiners or coroners, who investigate the cause, manner, and times of death of a victim in a crime; can also be a physician who has been trained to conduct autopsies. (2 words)
  6. 7. Moment of death (2 words)
  7. 9. The study of insect matter, growth patterns, and succession of arrival at a crime scene to determine the time since death. (2 words)
  8. 10. Pinpoint hemorrhaging often observed in the white area of the victim's eyes; often observed in strangulation cases.
  9. 11. Occurs before death
  10. 13. natural process that occurs after death breaking the body down into simpler organic matter.
  11. 17. Occurs at Death or around time of death.