Scrub the slider to see which postmortem changes are active at each hour after death, or switch to the comparison view to see the four mortises side by side.
Time since death6 h
What's happening
Core temperature
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at ~20 °C (68 °F) ambient
Body state
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overall rigidity
Timing windows describe a typical adult body at moderate ambient temperature (~20 °C / 68 °F). Real cases vary with body mass, clothing, temperature, cause of death, and pre-death muscular activity. This is an educational explainer of forensic pathology, not a substitute for an examiner's assessment.
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