How long does it take for a body to decompose?

[Darthphere]

Jointy, go to a farm and feed the body to dead pigs.

and for crying out loud stop posting about it on the internet! Do you WANT to get caught?

Its kind of hard to feed something to pigs that are dead.

 

[TNC9852002]

It depends on a number of factors:

Location - where was the body while it was decomposing. Bodies have remained fairly intact in cold bogs or extremely hot deserts because there are fewer parasites to feed off them

State of Body - a dismembered body will decompose faster than one that is totally extant. A body that has had it's internal organs removed will decompose less quickly than one that still has them (no acids to eat away from the insides - mummification)

Apparell - the clothing on the body helps to protect - more & tighter clothing equals slower decomposition.

Storage Type - bodies buried without any type of protection will not survive as long as bodies in coffins. Bodies in wooden coffins will decompose faster than bodies in stone coffins.

Depth of burial - deeper = slower (cooler temperatures)

there may be other factors, but those are the ones that come to mind.

-TNC

 

[Duende Verde]

...

Something you wanna get off your chest?

Yeah, his ice chest.

 

[lars573]

It depends on a number of factors:

Location - where was the body while it was decomposing. Bodies have remained fairly intact in cold bogs or extremely hot deserts because there are fewer parasites to feed off them

State of Body - a dismembered body will decompose faster than one that is totally extant. A body that has had it's internal organs removed will decompose less quickly than one that still has them (no acids to eat away from the insides - mummification)

Apparell - the clothing on the body helps to protect - more & tighter clothing equals slower decomposition.

Storage Type - bodies buried without any type of protection will not survive as long as bodies in coffins. Bodies in wooden coffins will decompose faster than bodies in stone coffins.

Depth of burial - deeper = slower (cooler temperatures)

there may be other factors, but those are the ones that come to mind.

You forgot embalming. Where they not only pickle your organs but fill you with formaldahide. Which makes your carcus last for years.

You hear in court cases that get retried how a body was exhumed 5, 6 or even ten years after being buried for retesting.

So, I really need to ask if anybody knows how long it takes for a body to decompose?

With embalming I mentioned above a dead body will last for like 20 and be relatively intact.

 

[redmarvel]

I'm scared of RedMarvel . . . . sounds like somebody did their research

naahh, just read way too many Murder Mysteries and watched far too many episodes of CSI... (so yeah, I could probably kill someone and dump the body and get away with it, BUT I'ld much rather keep 'em alive and enjoy myself )

 

[redmarvel]

You forgot embalming. Where they not only pickle your organs but fill you with formaldahide. Which makes your carcus last for years.


With embalming I mentioned above a dead body will last for like 20 and be relatively intact.

I tried to cover that in the "state of body" section. But even with embalming it all depends on the embalmer. Some embalmers do a better job than others.

 

[Iceman]

He's fine.

As in at peace?

 

[britrogue]

I don't know, and I don't want to know! LOL