Death Investigation: Manner, Cause, and Mechanism of Death - A Lesson from The Professor

Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan

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 One

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