[Publius Maximus]

It seems to me the body is alive in certain frames, and dead in the final frames, as if the point is to capture and share the moment of whoever-it-is's passing.

It looks like it could be Bin Laden; then again, there are certain phenotypical characteristics that argue against it. Hard to tell without "professional" analysis...

[ladysusan]

It seems to me the body is alive in certain frames, and dead in the final frames, as if the point is to capture and share the moment of whoever-it-is's passing.

This might be a possibility. The thing that argues against that scenario is that the color changes in a corpse go from pink to purple and mottled immediately. Having worked on/witnessed many hundreds of cardiac arrests in my clinical time, I assure you the color change sets in within moments of circulatory collapse. No more than three minutes tops.

Just thought of something else. The body's eyes are closed. That almost never happens. Nearly 100% of the time the eyelids are open, and the pupils are fixed and dilated.

Again, apologies for the gruesome details.