I’m recently rewatching the oldest seasons of CSI. In this episode, a human body was dumped in a zipped up duffel bag. Months later when it was found, it’s turned into soup.
No organs, just bones, and lots of goop made up of human fat. Why is this so? In the episode, aside from saying it’s due to decomposition in an enclosed space, they don’t elaborate.
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All the processes that lead to decomposition are there: autolysis (self-digestion from one’s own enzymes), bacterial activity and so on. These processes break cellular structures into simpler and simpler molecules, while water molecules normally just evaporate. If water is not allowed to evaporate, because the body is sealed, it will mix with said molecules and form a goop. I found that out the hard way when i forgot a sealed envelope of sausages in a car for two years and it became a bag of pink liquid.
Water is an excellent solvent. If you give it enough time, it will eventually turn everything organic into a goo.
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