How can an exhumed body still reveal information years after burial? What information can or can we not learn as time goes on? Is there a time limit to it in forensics?
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There is definitely a time limit to forensics. Every passing second, evidence degrades. Exhumation is only done in rare circumstances to check specific things. DNA of the body can be tested until long after death, and any damage to the skeleton itself will be preserved for decades because it can’t heal and the bones degrade very slowly.
Other than that, exhumation isn’t really useful. Bodies are usually cleaned and dressed before a burial, so most evidence is washed away.
There is definitely a time limit to forensics. Every passing second, evidence degrades. Exhumation is only done in rare circumstances to check specific things. DNA of the body can be tested until long after death, and any damage to the skeleton itself will be preserved for decades because it can’t heal and the bones degrade very slowly.
Other than that, exhumation isn’t really useful. Bodies are usually cleaned and dressed before a burial, so most evidence is washed away.
There is definitely a time limit to forensics. Every passing second, evidence degrades. Exhumation is only done in rare circumstances to check specific things. DNA of the body can be tested until long after death, and any damage to the skeleton itself will be preserved for decades because it can’t heal and the bones degrade very slowly.
Other than that, exhumation isn’t really useful. Bodies are usually cleaned and dressed before a burial, so most evidence is washed away.
In addition to what the other, just said, they can also test for chemicals. poisons and toxins can remain in the tissue that’s left behind. A friend of mine had some relatives experience arsenic poisoning. They exhumed his father and found out that he also had a high levels of arsenic in him and his death was ruled a murder
In addition to what the other, just said, they can also test for chemicals. poisons and toxins can remain in the tissue that’s left behind. A friend of mine had some relatives experience arsenic poisoning. They exhumed his father and found out that he also had a high levels of arsenic in him and his death was ruled a murder
In addition to what the other, just said, they can also test for chemicals. poisons and toxins can remain in the tissue that’s left behind. A friend of mine had some relatives experience arsenic poisoning. They exhumed his father and found out that he also had a high levels of arsenic in him and his death was ruled a murder
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