Susquehanna Twp. High School Forensic Science Class
Death Scene Investigation Day 3 May 18, 2005
Crime Scene Photography by Greg S.
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A large maggot mass appeared on the back of the deer. |
The larvae we saw yesterday are now moving all over the head. |
Bees are visiting the death scene because they are attracted to the sugars being produced in the decomposition of the corpse. |
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Students move in for a closer look at the forensic evidence. |
The temperatures are measured on a daily basis to determine how fast the entomological clock is running. |
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Investigator collects live maggots to be identified for species and postembryonic development. |
Investigators flip corpse in order to capture cadaver beetles feasting on the maggots |
The corpse has reached the black putrefaction stage and drying out. |
Officer Doherty demonstrates how to search for bullets that may have been discharged into the victim. |
Officer Mike Doherty from the Pennsylvania Game Commission gives our investigators a lesson on death scenes. |
Older larvae are now migrating away from the corpse. |
The eye is missing from the head. According to Officer Doherty, a vulture may have taken it early on in the process.
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