[Valpal1]

Quite right, and smaller bodies putrify slower because they cool faster. A 300 lb circus mama would putrefy faster because the greater body mass would retain warmth longer, spurring bacterial growth.

The body was also in a presumably cooler room which would also slow putrefaction. So if putrefaction occurrs from 24-36 hours, yet conditions for more rapid putrefaction did not exist and unusual or rapid putrefaction is NOT noted in the autopsy, then perhaps claims of odor/putrefaction by the officer are overstated, mistaken or bias on the part of officer who interprets facts to fit theory instead of the other way around?

Assuming death must have occurred earlier rather than later based on the officer's perception rather than the coronor's statement seems specious at best.

[mystery-ak]

JMK is in the air...a 3hr flight...Lady Justice awaits Karr one way or the other...

[hoosiermama]

She was in the "WINE CELLAR' Wine cellars are usually kept at a 55* temp. That would DELAY putrefaction. OTOH IIRC the furnace was not far away. It's heat could have accelerated putrefaction. Maybe she was killed closer to it and only moved much later.