fuckyeahmedicalstuff: Mummified Homicide Victim Victim remained in secure bedroom in August in South
fuckyeahmedicalstuff: Mummified Homicide Victim Victim remained in secure bedroom in August in Southeastern United States for just under two weeks, with no air conditioner. Though heat often complicates homicide investigations because of increases in insect activity, and because humidity can speed up autolysis and bacterial decomposition, dry heat (like that in Egypt) can actually result in natural mummification. Her incised wounds were so well-preserved by the mummification that they were able to play a key role in prosecution of the perpetrator. -- source link