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As I mentioned in my last newsletter I participated in a Forensics Lecture and I had many new topics to discuss with the Mystery writers and readers of Writing.Com. This month will define the three different levels of mortis and the protection of evidence from the perspective of the Coroner or Medical Examiner.
Definitions of the Cause of Death
Natural – any death that originates from inside the body (stroke, heart attack)
Unnatural
Cause and Manner– Medical condition that causes death; natural, accidental, homicide, suicide, or undetermined. (Most important )
Pronounce vs. Certify – in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania anyone can pronounce death but only the personnel legally allowed to sign the death certificate can certify death.
Evidence
Death Scene – Geographical area where death occurred
*In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a person can not be charged for murder without a full autopsy
*Once death has been determined, the duty of the first responders to preserving the evidence.
When the M.E or the Coroner arrives on the scene they will take note of everything to bring the inverted triangle to his logical conclusion. They note the temperature, weather, time, location, appearance of clothing; stained, torn, appropriate for the season. IS there a car, wallet, purse, mail, food, alcohol, drugs, and evidence of other people, newspapers, antacids, meds, photos, waste cans, and lights on?
Post Mortem Evidence
A closer exam of the body will help the Coroner determine the time line for their death. Algor mortis (cooling), rigor mortis (stiffening), and livor mortis (settling of the blood), emesis (vomit), position of hands and feet, petecchia hemorrhage, fingernails, direction of blood (wet vs. dry) spatters, evidence of action ie. Clothing in bathroom, towels, make-up, food, drink, clothing damage ie. Bullet holes, probability of sexual assault, probability of hair and fibers.
Protection of Evidence
New body bag, bagging of hands and head, handling of clothing and jewelry, documentation of resuscitative efforts, documentation of comments and statements given by the family and others, and organ donation.
Next month I want to cover the different types of mortis. Since there are more avenues I wanted to peruse I chose to briefly cover them in this editorial.
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Last month I asked all of you to name some of your favorite Mystery authors and I received a couple of responses from you, I would like to pass on this information to you and possibly add this idea to more newsletters...
From Vivian 
I'd suggest Death on the River Walk and Yankee Doodle Dead as
two titles. The first is one of her series with Henrie O (Henrietta O'Dwyer
Collins), who is "a retired newspaper woman with a talent for trouble and a
taste for adventure," according to Carolyn Hart. The second is one of the
Death on Demand series. A young couple, Annie and Max, solve mysteries, many
tied to Annie's book store Death on Demand.
I met Carolyn G. Hart after reading many of her books. She's an unassuming
woman who enjoys adventure through her characters' lives. She first published
under Carolyn G. Hart, but a new publisher dropped the G.
Carolyn, the winner of many awards including the Agatha, was born in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma, but the locations for her books range all over. Death on Demand
is located in her favorite vacation spot, South Carolina. She's also a ardent
baseball fan.
When interviewed, Carolyn said that she was not disciplined; she was
compulsive. When working on a novel, she doesn't have fun because she is
miserable, worried, uncertian, and frantic. However, she has no choice: she
must write. After the first draft is completed, then the writing becomes fun
for her because she enjoys the revisions, making the book better.
She also writes as I do. She does not outline. When she starts she knows all
about the protagonist, the victim, and the murderer as well as having a working
title. When she starts on page 1, she has no idea how she will get to page 300.
She says, "This is where the importance of character comes in. The story will
unfold because of the dictates of character."
The main difference between the way Carolyn Hart and I write is I know at least
roughly what the general plot is. I have "daydreamed" it until it's real in my
mind.
For the question of naming your favorite Bounty Hunter I received these responses...
from goddess_of_hades 
I most definitely do have a favorite bounty hunter. Boba Fett! I was a Boba Fett fan before ever I realized I was a writer, and he's still my favorite. For you poor, deprived people out there, Boba Fett is from Star Wars.
and from ⭐Princette♥PengthuluWrites 
Well, I don't know if he really counts as a detective, but he is an FBI agent--Aloysius Pendergast in the books by Preston Douglas & Lincoln Child. Pendergast is brilliant, and can figure out just about anything. It makes me wish I could do it, too!
I would have to say one of my favorite Bounty Hunters (in print) is Stephanie Plum from Janet Evanovich. Start by reading "One for the Money" and you'll be just as hooked as I was.
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