Death Investigation: Manner, Cause, and Mechanism of Death - A Lesson from The Professor
Podcast: Body Bags with Joseph Scott MorganPublished On: Tue Jun 03 2025
Description: Joseph Scott Morgan spends hours talking about crime scenes and forensics in the media and in the classroom. Today he explains everything from a "Natural Death" to "Russian Roulette". The key is to determine "How the Cause Came About". Natural Deaths: Death as a result of a normal biological process. Accidental Deaths: Death that results from misadventure without assignment of blame to another by the certifier of death. Undetermined Deaths: The causative factors surrounding the death cannot be established. Homicidal Deaths: A death that is at the hand of another. Suicidal Deaths: Death at one's own hand Transcribe Highlights 00:02.88 Introduction 00:56.30 More than just a "death investigator" 05:00.66 Teaching Forensics while covering crime 10:05.12 Cases thrown out due "dry labbing" 15:00.79 Determinations of how someone died 20:02.38 Manner of Death explained 24:59.02 Medical Legal ruling of Manner of death in Russian Roulette 30:03.94 The term "Cause of Death" 35:04.21 Death at ones own hand Conclusion of Lesson OneSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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