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Post by livingdeadgirl on Jul 15, 2013 16:12:46 GMT -5
No pictures (thank goodness) but still an interesting read...the University of Knoxville has a body farm, where bodies are left to decompose under all kinds of different conditions, to aid law enforcement in determining time of death for murder victims. here |
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Post by NDX on Jul 15, 2013 16:19:20 GMT -5
They sometimes use these on crime drama shows. I remever one on Bones where she was like a kid in a candy store.
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Post by endo on Jul 15, 2013 16:20:21 GMT -5
Wow, that's crazy. I know it's ultimately for a good cause, but this seems really wrong. Maybe I need to let it sink in.
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Post by NDX on Jul 15, 2013 16:23:37 GMT -5
It's in order to solve crimes. Seeing how these bodies decompose under certain situations allow you then handle them in real life, so you're not fighting them blind.
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Post by endo on Jul 15, 2013 17:17:23 GMT -5
I get that, and if said decomposing body was a homeless person with no one left to claim...it, then I'm all for it.
It's the bodies that families may say hey, this is cheaper than a funeral, let's send ma off to them and keep the insurance money.
That may seem paranoid, and it probably is, but I bet it happens.
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Post by NDX on Jul 15, 2013 17:49:33 GMT -5
I believe these are all criminals that donate their body to science, or at least they have to be alive when they consign their bodies to the Body Farm. It's not just a dumping ground for cheap bastards.
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Post by endo on Jul 15, 2013 17:56:47 GMT -5
Lol. I was just picturing a bunch of George Costanza's scheming.
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