Question

A young man was visiting his grandmother at her assisted living facility. When he got to her room at 8:30 am, he

found she had passed away. The coroner evaluated her and checked her temperature, it was 82.7 degrees
fahrenheit. What can you infer about the time of death?
The grandmother died about 2:00 am
The grandmother died at approximately 8:30pm the night before.
the grandmother had died about 10:30pm the night before
The grandmother had died at about 6:30 am

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

The grandmother had died at about 6:30 am

Step-by-step explanation:

Since corpse temperature can be obtained easily and quickly, therefore after death the body losses or gains heat progressively until it equalizes with that of the environmental medium.

The approximate rate of heat loss continues until the surrounding temperature is attained after which it remains stable.

In other to calculate hours of death, formula is:

Hours since death = 98.6 - corpse core temperature/1.5

• Where 98.6 stands for normal body temperature represented in Fahrenheit degrees

• Corpse core temperature (as measured by the coroner) evaluated to be 82.7 degrees in Fahrenheit

• and 1.5 stands as the degree per hour factor depending on the surrounding environment factor.

Based on the above to determine time around death:

98.6 - 82.7/1.5 = 43.46 hours, approximately 43.5 hours.

Resulting in the best statement that infers "The grandmother had died at about 6:30am" prior to the young man's young man's