ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 13

CompuTOD, A Computer Program to Estimate Time of Death of Deer
Espinoza, EO
Research Fellow, Technical Support Section Chief, and Criminalistics Section Chief, National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, OR

Cox, RJ
Research Fellow, Technical Support Section Chief, and Criminalistics Section Chief, National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, OR

Mitchell, SL
Research Fellow, Technical Support Section Chief, and Criminalistics Section Chief, National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, OR

(Received 23 November 1993; accepted 7 February 1994)

Abstract

A statistical program named CompuTOD has been written which calculates the time since death of white-tailed deer. The data used for the regression analysis (n = 378) was obtained from a controlled hunt in 1982. The results obtained compare favorably with previous studies but additionally gives upper and lower confidence limits for the calculated time interval since death.

Keywords:
forensic science, time of death estimation, postmortem interval, deer cooling rates, computer

Paper ID: JFS13715J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13715J
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