Decomposition - Herman The Shocker - Page 21

Fig.1 Body of an adult female showing the formation of subcutaneous adipocere.

Decomposition Drowning Suicide

Female body recovered from a floodplain in the North of Italy

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Decomposition

Bulging eyes, lips and face with protrusion of the tongue on these decomposing individuals

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Advanced skeletonization of the skull after 1 week of lying on the ground in the woods in summer

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Decomposition

Purge fluid expelled from the mouth and nose after death

Fig.1 Fungi colonization most prominent around nose and mouth in a body exhumed 4 months after death.

Decomposition

Fungi colonization around nose and mouth in a body exhumed 4 months after death

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Decomposition

Breasts may swell up to remarkable size during decomposition

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Decomposition Homicide

This individual was found in a state of decomposition inside plastic bags buried in soil

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Decomposition

Bulging of the eyes, lips and face, with protrusion of the tongue, all related to decomposition

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Decomposition Mummification

Mummification can result in very hard, leathery skin

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Decomposition

Body of a woman who died while taking a bath