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If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:59 pm
by _Jersey Girl
will the teeth burn? I'm not talking about cremation. I mean if you burn it in the backyard in a fire barrel or something?
I'm sure there would still be chunks of bone fragments left. What about the teeth?
Anyone know?
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:01 pm
by _Dr. Shades
The teeth will remain intact. The pulp therein is typically how they extract DNA evidence (and thereby identify the body) from a victim who's been incinerated in a car or something.
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:06 pm
by _Chap
Jersey Girl wrote:will the teeth burn? I'm not talking about cremation. I mean if you burn it in the backyard in a fire barrel or something?
I'm sure there would still be chunks of bone fragments left. What about the teeth?
Anyone know?
Oh No!!
Doubting Thomas found out where you lived and called at your door with a gas station bouquet?
How terrified he must have been when you opened the door and he saw ... well at least he wasn't conscious for long.
Why not use a wood chipper like in Fargo, and he can be compost for your roses? Why put all that carbon into the atmosphere?
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:09 pm
by _Jersey Girl
Chap wrote:Jersey Girl wrote:will the teeth burn? I'm not talking about cremation. I mean if you burn it in the backyard in a fire barrel or something?
I'm sure there would still be chunks of bone fragments left. What about the teeth?
Anyone know?
Oh No!!
Doubting Thomas found out where you lived and called at your door with a gas station bouquet?
How terrified he must have been when you opened the door and he saw ... well at least he wasn't conscious for long.
Why not use a wood chipper like in Fargo, and he can be compost for your roses? Why put all that carbon into the atmosphere?
Cute.
But will the teeth burn? I want to know what evidence there might be left besides chunks of bones; possibly the random femur.
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:11 pm
by _Jersey Girl
Dr. Shades wrote:The teeth will remain intact. The pulp therein is typically how they extract DNA evidence (and thereby identify the body) from a victim who's been incinerated in a car or something.
Oh that's GREAT!! Thanks!! I was hoping the teeth would be left!
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:13 pm
by _Some Schmo
Excellent. Now all that's left is to teach Jersey Girl how to get blood stains out of the carpet.
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:17 pm
by _Jersey Girl
Meat tenderizer.
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:30 pm
by _Chap
Can you hear the sirens yet? I'm sorry, but I just couldn't let this go any further.
Just come out quietly with your hands behind your head, and for goodness' sake don't reach for your pockets.
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:58 pm
by _Jersey Girl
Chap wrote:Can you hear the sirens yet? I'm sorry, but I just couldn't let this go any further.
Just come out quietly with your hands behind your head, and for goodness' sake don't reach for your pockets.
Oh yeah? They have to get past the vicious attack Pug to get to me.
Re: If you set fire to a dead body
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:02 pm
by _Res Ipsa
Should I ever need to dispose of a body, I know who I’m calling.