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What story does Ms. McDermid share about maggots helping identify a dead man?

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She shares how there were maggots found in an empty house and found cocaine on them. By this, they knew that the maggots had been feeding off human remains. They were then able to run more tests and find DNA that were on these maggots and they were able to discover who the victim was.

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The maggots had traces of this man in them and the entomologists found out who he was just by using the DNA in the maggots.

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