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	Livor mortis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Livor mortis or postmortem lividity, one of the signs of death, is a settling of the blood in the lower (dependent) portion of the body, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin: when the heart is no longer agitating the blood, heavy red blood cells sink through the serum by action of gravity.
		This discoloration does not occur in the areas of the body that are in contact with the ground or another object, as the capillaries are compressed.
		Livor mortis starts 1/2 to 3 hours after death and is congealed in the capillaries in 4 to 5 hours.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Livor_mortis (167 words)

	Coroner Stories » Body Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Depending on the presence and state of livor during the external exam, it may be useful for establishing two key elements of the investigation—postmortem interval and whether or not the body has been moved recently.
		A person with anterior livor of just a few hours may have posterior livor by the time they spend the night on a morgue tray as their livor is still fluid and still affected by gravity.
		Livor mortis refers to the presentation of blood as it has settled in the body.
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	autopsies
		Rigor mortis is affected by temperature, illness, activity before death, and the physical conditions of the environment where the body is found.
		The onset of rigor mortis is immediate manifesting itself between 1-6 hours, maximum being at 6-24 hours and disappears between 12-36 hours.
		Livor mortis is teh way blood settles after death to the dependant parts of the body.
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	Should Coroners Be Able to Recognize Unintentional Carbon Monoxide-Related Deaths Immediately at the Death Scene?. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Abstract: The aim of this retrospective survey of unintentional carbon monoxide-related deaths in Vienna was to determine whether the cherry-pink coloring of livor mortis is a reliable finding for the coroner to suspect a carbon monoxide-related death immediately at the death scene.
		In 98.4% of unintentional carbon monoxide-related deaths livor mortis were clearly cherry-pink.
		The percentage of unrecognized carbon monoxide fatalities with a clear cherry-pink coloring of livor mortis almost doubled from 1984 to 1993.
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	Investigative Techniques To Determine Time Of Death
		Algor mortis, which means "the temperature of death" describes the cooling of the body.
		Livor mortis, which means literally "the color of death" is the discoloration of the skin caused by flow of blood into the venous spaces under the influence of gravity.
		Livor is not considered to be a good indicator of postmortem interval, but there are some standards which can be seen.
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	HBO: Autopsy
		Algor mortis refers to change in body temperature after the heart stops pumping and cellular oxidation, which keeps our body temperatures at 98.6Â¡ F, stops; the body temperature falls to room temperature (about 70Â¡ F) at about 1.5Â¡ F per hour.
		Livor mortis refers to the maroon color that develops after the heart stops and no longer churns the blood; heavier red blood cells settle downward from the serum by gravity as occurs in the plastic container when giving blood.
		Rigor mortis refers to the hardening of muscle cells that begins shortly after death and causes board-like stiffness in about 12 hours, lasts about 12 hours and then disappears in about 12 hours.
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	. : AMDECON : . (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The main postmortem artifacts which are of interest to death investigators are algor mortis, livor mortis, rigor mortis, cadaveric spasm and postmortem hair and nail growth.
		Algor mortis is translated as the temperature of death.
		Rigor mortis or rigidity simply means the stiffness of death or the stiffening of the muscles from a relaxed state to fully inflexible.
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	Signs of death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Rigor mortis is a well known phenomenon, and is due to a complex chemical reaction in the body.
		As rigor mortis is due to a chemical reaction, the reaction time is due to temperature and the initial concentrations of lactic acid.
		Rigor mortis should never be the only basis for estimating time of death.
	death.monstrous.com /signs_of_death.htm (855 words)

	CHIN - Interactive Investigator - Arriving at the Scene - Place of Murder - Clue # 4 : Time of Death
		First of all, if we consider livor mortis, that is the setting of blood in the dependant regions of the body following death, we can see that all the blood has accumulated in the back of his body.
		For the time of death, the pathologist considers algor mortis, the cooling of the body; livor mortis, the setting of blood in the dependant regions following death; and rigor mortis, the chemical reaction that causes rigidity in the muscle groups immediately following death.
		Livor mortis can also determine whether or not the body has been moved.
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		To examine the possibility of whether the presence of basic drugs in adipose tissue is the result of postmortem change, we examined: tissues with and without livor mortis, concentration gradients within the adipose layer, and the stability of drug concentrations during the postmortem period.
		Adipose tissues with and without livor mortis from the thigh area of the same decedent were analyzed for cocaine.
		The cocaine concentration of the tissue exhibiting 4+ livor was equivalent to the concentration observed in tissue without livor.
	www.elsevier.com /cdweb/journals/03790738/articles/121/3/S037907380100397.abstract.en (272 words)

	planos declives (Spanish to English translation glossary) Informe medico forense,Medical (general),Medical
		Livor mortis or postmortem lividity one of the signs of death, is a settling of
		Livor mortis (lividity)is the discoloration due to settling of blood after death.
		Livor mortis, or dependent lividity, refers to the pool-.
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	TVP's Super Psychic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hunt also found hypostasis or livor mortis on Kelly's back meaning Kelly's body was on its back for several hours after he died as the blood settled to his back to form the discoloration called livor mortis.
		Obviously, the livor mortis had formed before the body was propped up against the tree.
		The body was returned to its back when someone realized the livor mortis would prove that was the position in which he died.
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	LIVOR MORTIS \| Rockdetector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Liège quartet LIVOR MORTIS came together in 1998, forged by former XTREM band members vocalist Aras guitarist Nosferion (Stefan) and bassist Satarius.
		LIVOR MORTIS released further promotion CDs 'Splendor Mortis' in 2001 and 'Astre des Ténèbres' in February of 2003.
		LIVOR MORTIS issued the EP 'Chapitre XIII', recorded at Noise Factory Studios and limited to 500 hand numbered copies, in 2004.
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	Kris Lorenzen Writes Slant (2)
		Livor mortis is a reddish-purple coloration in dependent areas of the body due to too much blood settling in the vessels.
		Jack has not been dead more than eight hours because the livor mortis is not fixed yet.
		There are no abrasions or lacerations on his face or head, but the livor mortis seems to extend too far toward the back of his neck.
	www.bsu.edu /web/kmlorenzen/slant2.htm (1678 words)

	American Jurisprudence Trials Current through the July 2000 Supplement FORENSIC PATHOLOGY IN HOMICIDE CASES Ray ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Livor mortis begins between thirty minutes and four hours after death, and is fixed, or complete, between six and eight hours after death.
		Rigor mortis is affected by the body temperature at death and by the environmental temperature after death.
		Livor (darkening) is seen on the skin; it first becomes evident between thirty minutes and four hours after death.
	www.law-forensic.com /forensic_pathology_1.htm (9116 words)

	frontline: the kevorkian verdict: Wantz/Sherry Miller Autopsy Report \| PBS
		TIME OF AUTOPSY: 10:10 A.M. The body clad in a mauve color sweater, yellow T-shirt, patterned pants, knee-hi nylon stockings, and a diaper is that of a 4'11", 89 pounds, under-nourished white female reported to be 43 years of age.
		Rigor mortis is well-developed in the cold body and livor mortis is dorsally distributed, cherry-pink in coloration and unfixed.
		There is deep pink-cherry coloration of the skin of the decedent in the areas where livor mortis is present.
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		Livor mortis becomes 'fixed' when shifting or drainage of blood no longer occurs, or when blood leaks out of the vessels into the surrounding soft tissue due to hemolysis and breakdown of the vessels.
		Thus, the statement that livor mortis becomes fixed at 8-12 h is really just a vague generalization.
		That livor mortis is not fixed can be demonstrated by applying pressure to a dependent discolored area and noting the subsequent blanching at the point of pressure." -- DiMaio, Vincent J., DiMaio, Dominick.
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	Death - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		While there is increasing modern study on the afterlife, acceptance of its existence or of its non-existence continues to be a matter of belief for most people.
		For the human body, the physiological consequences of death include algor mortis, rigor mortis, livor mortis (dependent lividity) and decomposition (decay).
		The deceased person is usually either cremated or deposited in a tomb, often a hole in the earth, called a grave.
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	Livor mortis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Livor mortis -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		This discoloration does not occur in the areas of the body that are in contact with the ground or another object, as the (Click link for more info and facts about capillaries) capillaries are compressed.
		The signs of death are usually noted as (Click link for more info and facts about algor mortis) algor mortis, (Muscular stiffening that begins 2 to 4 hours after death and last for about 4 days) rigor mortis, livor mortis, and ((biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action) decomposition.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Li/Livor_mortis.htm (105 words)

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	Livor Mortis
		The French developed the concept of lividity, or livor mortis, from the French liviere, "to turn blue." This is the gradual deoxygenation and gravitational settling of the blood that begins as soon as lungs and heart cease their motions.
		The pink color of early livor gradually darkens to a dull, bruiselike red before progressing through shades of purple and blue as oxygen gradually disappears from the blood.
		Oftentimes, the detail can reveal the very texture of the surface on which the victim expired -- be it the stippled inscription of a gritty path, the weave of a carpet, or the design of kitchen linoleum.
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	AllRefer.com - death (Pathology) - Encyclopedia
		Somatic death is followed by a number of irreversible changes that are of legal importance, especially in estimating the time of death.
		These include rigor mortis, livor mortis (discoloration of the body due to settling of blood), algor mortis (cooling of the body), autolysis (breakdown of tissue by enzymes liberated by that tissue after death), and putrefaction (invasion of the body by organisms from the gastrointestinal tract).
		Brain death, which is now a legal condition in most states for declared death, requires that the following be absent for at least 12 hours: behavioral or reflex motor functions above the neck, including pupillary reflexes to testing jaw reflex, gag reflex, response to noxious stimuli, and any spontaneous respiratory movement.
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	The Forensic Techniques Of Murder More Than You Want To Know
		In dependant areas pressed against a hard surface, the vessels are mechanically compressed by the pressure and blood cannot settle in them.
		"Livor mortis usually becomes apparent within a half hour of death.
		"The amount of time for livor to become fixed is very variable and depends on how long it takes the body to begin to decompose.
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	The Black Dog of Sussex Gardens
		In the early stages, livor mortis can seemingly ‘shift’ or move from different dependent parts of the body if the body is moved.
		That would also explain the fact that the livor mortis was on his buttocks where he was sitting.
		“Rigor Mortis,” Berthume said to Niles, “is a condition you probably did not study in medical school – but it is caused by depletion of adenosine triphosphate with the development of a stable complex of actin and myosin.
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	Ogrish.com Forums - Foresic Pathology
		The man's knee remains bent after he is moved because the rigor mortis is still in a fixed position.
		The pattern of livor mortis suggests the man has been moved after the livor mortis had fixed.
		Occasionally, livor mortis may appeat as an unusual pattern or look like an injury.
	forum.ogrish.com /printthread.php?t=20122 (340 words)

	Rigor mortis
		Rigor mortis is a recognizable sign of human death that is caused by a chemical change in the muscles, causing the limbs of the corpse to become stiff ("rigor") and impossible to move or manipulate.
		The biochemical cause of rigor mortis is hydrolysis of ATP in the muscle tissue, the chemical energy source required for movement.
		Myosin molecules devoid of ATP become permanently adherent to actin filaments and muscles become rigid.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/r/ri/rigor_mortis.html (155 words)

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		The book says livor mortis is not very important in determining the time of death.
		Livor mortis is more important in determining the position of a body.
		(TR 1906) For the rigor mortis in the extremities.
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	DeathAndHell.com: Infek bin Laden: Unit 731 also known as The Owners Manual
		This is known as Cadaveric Spasm, and is often confused with Rigor Mortis.
		It is not uncommon for Vessels wearing a Penis-Gag or with a Cock shoved down their throat or newly created orifice during the Anal Necro-Rape Procedure, to clutch it tightly in their mouth or other orifice throughout the subsequent embalming process.
		Also known as Livor Mortis, this is caused by the pooling and unsettling of OV(tm) within the coolant system from the effect of gravity.
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