Date: 22/04/2014 17:45:28
From: purple
ID: 521276
Subject: post mortem

I often hear that the killer had sex with a victim after they were dead.
How do they know?
thanks

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Date: 22/04/2014 17:48:27
From: Divine Angel
ID: 521277
Subject: re: post mortem

Semen samples. But it could also imply rape, judging by bruises around the vagina and/or anus or tearing of various tissues around the perineum.

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Date: 22/04/2014 17:49:30
From: Teleost
ID: 521278
Subject: re: post mortem

Police officer: Did you have sex with the deceased after you killed them?

Villain/Pervert: Yes officer, yes I did.

That’s one way to find out. Then there’s the whole forensic side of it.

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Date: 22/04/2014 17:49:37
From: dv
ID: 521279
Subject: re: post mortem

I think what purple means is, how do they know it was after, rather than before.

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Date: 22/04/2014 17:49:54
From: Divine Angel
ID: 521280
Subject: re: post mortem

It’s a specific type of bruising, obviously a dead body won’t bruise like a living one does.

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Date: 22/04/2014 17:52:31
From: Divine Angel
ID: 521281
Subject: re: post mortem

…and obviously a long dead body won’t bruise at all.

One of the Scarpetta novels by Patricia Cornwell goes into it in some detail. It’s been a very long time since I read them though.

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Date: 22/04/2014 17:54:24
From: purple
ID: 521282
Subject: re: post mortem

ah, bruising makes sense. thanks :)

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Date: 22/04/2014 17:59:53
From: Divine Angel
ID: 521284
Subject: re: post mortem

Yeah sorry, I’m a bit muddled today.

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Date: 23/04/2014 08:18:30
From: wookiemeister
ID: 521471
Subject: re: post mortem

Teleost said:


Police officer: Did you have sex with the deceased after you killed them?

Villain/Pervert: Yes officer, yes I did.


Judge/ magistrate: bail set at $200, try killing some kid next time and we can make more money/ work out of you.

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