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McKinzie Young Body Farm Paper

Throughout the last 15 days our criminal justice class was studying the decomposition of 10 stillborn piglets. We observed every day that we could to find out which piglets would decompose the fastest. Each piglet was in a different condition than the other pigs. Pig Zero was naked in a box underground, pig one was naked on the grass, pig two was naked with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns on the grass, pig three was naked with a knife wound behind its right shoulder placed on the grass, pig four was naked with a .380 gunshot wound to stomach laying on grass, pig five was clothed on the grass, pig six was naked on the pavement, pig seven was clothed on the pavement, pig eight was naked and suspended, and pig nine was clothed and suspended. At the beginning of the body farm project we came up with some theories that we now know the answer to.

The first theory question asked, “which decomposes faster, a piglet that is in its natural state, one that is burnt, and one that is buried in a wooden box?” My original theory was that a piglet that is in its natural state decomposes faster than a burnt piglet and a piglet in a box that was buried. The piglet in its natural state decomposes faster because it is exposed to all the elements. The burnt one doesn’t decompose as fast, even though it too is exposed to all the …show more content…
The succession of insects is the order that insects show up. The seventh question is, “what is the succession of insects on a suspended piglet?” The succession of insects on a suspended piglet would be blowflies then maggots. The eighth question was, “what is the succession of insects on a decomposing piglet on the ground and cement?” The succession of insects on a decomposing piglet would be spiders, blowflies, and then maggots. Both of my original theories were correct, besides the spiders and there was an occasional sweat

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