Tuesday, May 1, 2012

How long does it take for human hair to decompose if the body was buried for eight months?

This is going to sound really dumb, but I have some forensic experience, and it all depends on what the body was buried in and how. The temperature, pH of the soil, in a coffin or not will all make a difference.... even how the hair was taken care of before death.



body farms are places people have used to study decomposition and insect penetration. The most famous one is discussed at this website:



http://www.deathsacre.com/

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