It is difficult to determine when the person died due to decomposition of the body.
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Determining when a person died based on a decomposed body is a subjective problem involving dozens of variables, so two pathologists can arrive at different estimates. Researchers are currently developing artificial intelligence models in an attempt to introduce objective replicability into the process.
Kathryn Wycense and Hudson Smith of Clemson University in South Carolina are two of the scientists working on geoFOR. This tool is partly a database of information about previously discovered bodies and partly an AI tool…
