how does someone, e.g. a detective distinguish if a stab wound is made before or after death?

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Don’t worry this isn’t anything alarming. I’m in the process of writing a whodunit and I just want to know if there are any signs that occur/do not occur in a stab wound that is made after death? Any answers would be a great deal of help. Thanks!

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This happens in The Batman and I thought Batman’s delivery was cool enough I looked it up. A dude’s thumb is cut off while he’s still alive and Batman can tell (after he’s died) because of ecchymosis around the wound. Because his heart was still beating, blood has flown from damaged blood vessels around the wound into the surrounding skin, giving it a bruised purple appearance. If he was dead, and his heart wasn’t beating, this wouldn’t have been there

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