Young couple goes on van tour of US, boy comes back with van - no girl (2 Viewers)

[Cage1]

Yeah, there a literal body farm in Tennessee where they study decomposition of bodies in various conditions to get a better determination on time of death. They put them fully buried, half, just covered in brush, in trunks of cars, etc in order to see what goes on. Insect activity is a big part of it.

I think blood coagulation is another indicator.

 

[Madmarsha]

Actually, they can make a pretty good estimate of how long someone has been dead based on decomposition and insect activity.

Btw, they haven't released a cause of death, correct?

Not to the exact date and time this video was taken. Even you said it, "estimate".

 

[Madmarsha]

Yeah, there a literal body farm in Tennessee where they study decomposition of bodies in various conditions to get a better determination on time of death. They put them fully buried, half, just covered in brush, in trunks of cars, etc in order to see what goes on. Insect activity is a big part of it.

That a place like that exists is fascinating. It sound morbid but forensics kinda is.

 

[Booker]

Not to the exact date and time this video was taken. Even you said it, "estimate".

No, they won't be able to get it down to the moment. But they should be able to get it down to the day, or at the very least a 48 hour window.

 

[Madmarsha]

I think in that case, he would have alerted authorities to start a search. The only viable reason to leave there without her, is you don't want to be there when they find her.

Yeah, if it was an accident, from the first minute when he doesn't go to authorities and say, OMG, my girlfriend needs help, starts his guilt. I may not know what to do right away in the middle of nowhere, but I wouldn't just shrug my shoulders, get in the car and drive out of state.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Not to the exact date and time this video was taken. Even you said it, "estimate".

I think they can narrow it down to an hour or two. Forensics have made leaps and bounds in the previous years.

 

[Booker]

I think blood coagulation is another indicator.

Yeah, there's no single indicator, and external factors can vary (heat and cold obviously would affect the decomposition rate, but even time of year in regard to insect activity), so they look at a number of different things and then use the overall data to make an approximation.

 

[kat5s]

Homicide

 

[Doug B]

I think they can narrow it down to an hour or two. Forensics have made leaps and bounds in the previous years.

Depends on how long her body was out there. Seems to be roughly three weeks. That far out, I’d think that a 48-hour window turns into more of a 3-5 day window.

 

[Madmarsha]

I think they can narrow it down to an hour or two. Forensics have made leaps and bounds in the previous years.

Well, now I'm doing this deep dive. Apparently there's also a body farm in Texas. This article says 24 to 48 hours. Looking for something more recent than 2015, but I still think hours is a stretch. I'm guessing that the return to the site where her body was found the next day was also to gather up these very important soil samples for the presence of these microbes.

UCSD: Microbes Can Help Determine Time of Death

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine announced Thursday that microbes can be used to provide a relatively accurate estimate of the time of death in decomposing human bodies.

timesofsandiego.com

 

[bclemms]

Well, now I'm doing this deep dive. Apparently there's also a body farm in Texas. This article says 24 to 48 hours. Looking for something more recent than 2015, but I still think hours is a stretch. I'm guessing that the return to the site where her body was found the next day was also to gather up these very important soil samples for the presence of these microbes.

UCSD: Microbes Can Help Determine Time of Death

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine announced Thursday that microbes can be used to provide a relatively accurate estimate of the time of death in decomposing human bodies.

timesofsandiego.com

 

[Madmarsha]

OMG, I hate you

 

[Sailorsaint]

Depends on how long her body was out there. Seems to be roughly three weeks. That far out, I’d think that a 48-hour window turns into more of a 3-5 day window.

Yeh, that's what I'm reading. The longer the body is exposed to the elements, the larger the window is.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Homicide

So, according to that, it's ruled as a homocide, method of death is pending further autopsy results.

 

[bclemms]

OMG, I hate you

I wasn't going to bring it up but it looks like you are all in so.


I watched it a few months ago, it really is very interesting once you get over the shock factor.