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until two hours after death. The size of the patches increases in the next three to six hours. Fixation will begin to occur during this timeframe, causing the patches to be unaltered due to movement. Maximum lividity will occur between eight and twelve hours after
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in the lower, or dependent, portion of the body postmortem, causing a purplish red discoloration of the skin. When the heart stops functioning and is no longer agitating the blood, heavy red blood cells sink through the
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Depiction of a body after suicide hanging. Livor mortis is fixed in the legs and distal upper extremities because these were the dependent parts.
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in the blood. The discoloration does not occur in the areas of the body that are in contact with the ground or another object, in which
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can use the presence or absence of livor mortis as a means of determining an approximate time of death. It can also be used by
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Anthony J. Bertino "Forensic Science: Fundamentals and Investigations" South-Western Cengage Learning, 2008,
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investigators to determine whether or not a body has been moved. For instance, if the body is found lying
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by action of gravity. The blood travels faster in warmer conditions and slower in colder conditions.
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are frequently combined by investigators to more accurately pinpoint the estimated time of death.
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Livor mortis starts within 20ā€“30 minutes, but is usually not observable by the
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of the body. The intensity of the color depends upon the amount of reduced
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Calixto Machado, "Brain death: a reappraisal", Springer, 2007,
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Clark, Michael A.; Worrell, Michael B.; Pless, John E. (1997).
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Timeline of postmortem changes, including livor mortis.
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DiMaio, Dominick; DiMaio, Vincent J. M. (2001-06-28).
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Index

Lividity

dead body

Stages of death
Pallor mortis
Livor mortis
Algor mortis
Rigor mortis
Putrefaction
Decomposition
Skeletonization
Fossilization
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Latin
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stage of death
signs of death
blood
serum
human eye
death
interstitial tissues
haemoglobin
capillaries
Coroners

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