What are the stages of human decomposition?
In order of their happening 1) Pallor mortis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallor_mort… 2) Algor mortis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algor_morti… 3) Rigor mortis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_morti… 4) Livor mortis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livor_morti… 5) Decomposition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompositi… 6) Skeletonization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletoniza… This chart shows how a detective might compare the two changes — the temperature of the body and its stiffness — to estimate the time of death. Notice that both “stiff” and “
