[VRWC_minion]

Goff first hanged a pig to solve a time-of-death conundrum involving a man found hanging from a tree on a Hawaii golf course. It took a long time to identify him because in life he was only five feet two, but suspended in death over what turned out to be 19 days, his body stretched till it was six feet long. That didn't explain why the body had decayed so slowly. Thanks to his pig on a gibbet, Goff discovered the simple explanation: the maggots, taking a breather on the skin of the corpse, just fell off, and couldn't climb back up.

[mommya]

So will Goff want to do a recreation type thing to research this case? Is there time? Or will he just say that's what he would do to determine things - but leave it open as to what his results might be if he did that?

[VRWC_minion]

At last a source dealing with deserts, if this stuff is in the literature and the bug guy expert didn't acknowledge it ?

Environmental consitions can delay decomposition.

    Desert climates with low humidity not only decrease or obliterate fly and maggots activity, but can also halt other forms of decomposition. Very dry climates may cause a body to naturally mummify, converting its skin and tendons to a leathery and parchment-like wrapping surrounding the bones, while the organs decay by autolysis and putrefaction. Paradoxically, heavy rainfall also slows fly activity, including egg laying. Maggot activity, however, continues-but with fewer maggots.

[Jrabbit]

If Goff is called and agrees with you and Dusek, will you hold him to the same standard you hold the other experts to? He will be paid for his testimony, you know.