[ErnBatavia]

I've always been of the understanding that such dogs 'hit' on decomp - and if the baby died in the home, it sure as heck wouldn't have hit that stage in ten hours.

This is a weird story all around, though.

[freespirited]

I have read that when a body is on a surface, cells can slough off that are of course invisible to the naked eye. However, the cells continue to break down after the body is removed, producing the cadaver smell.

[matthew fuller]

"I've always been of the understanding that such dogs 'hit' on decomp - and if the baby died in the home, it sure as heck wouldn't have hit that stage in ten hours. "

Nurses have told my family that there is a smell associated with death (detectable to people) a few minutes before a patient dies.

[elli1]

I've always been of the understanding that such dogs 'hit' on decomp - and if the baby died in the home, it sure as heck wouldn't have hit that stage in ten hours.

Cadaver dogs can pick up the scent of a corpse in as little as 3 hours after death.

You can learn a lot of interesting things if you google 'cadaver dogs'. A dogs' sense of smell is nothing short of amazing.