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To: DCPatriot
Assuming there is a difference between 'cadaver' dogs and 'tracking' dogs...how long after death...this time of year [temperature-wise] does a dead body scent different from a live person?

Having no way of knowing how accurate he was, I remember that on Fox News they were discussing another recent missing child, and someone asked this very question. The forensic pathologist said that it begins immediately. Sorry I can't remember the doctor's name.

168 posted on 11/14/2007 8:39:14 AM PST by Gummi Bear
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To: Gummi Bear

Well, it surprised me...since the poor little girl’s body was transported only a couple of hours after her demise, in the middle of the night...in November.


170 posted on 11/14/2007 8:51:52 AM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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To: Gummi Bear

Decomp would begin immediately. However, keep in mind that she was in a cave, where it is cool to begin with.. and for most of the last week we were having a cold snap. Not so cold as to prevent decomp.. but would slow it down somewhat.


182 posted on 11/14/2007 11:04:01 AM PST by McCoMo
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