Forensic entomology | The crime scene

Dr Martin Hall is a biomedical entomologist at the Natural History Museum who assists police forces at the crime scene during an investigation into a suspicious death. In forensic casework, his role is to establish a minimum post-mortem interval from insects found on and around the human remains at the crime scene. This minimum post-mortem interval helps to indicate the specific time when the victim died.

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1:49 The life cycle of a blowfly
3:06 The smell of death: how odour attracts flies
4:12 The decomposition of a body
5:51 The body in a suitcase experiment

Part of 'Forensics: the anatomy of crime' exhibition:
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Find out more about the Forensic Entomology team at the Natural History Museum: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curatio...

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