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.

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.

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.