He was suffering from fevers (signs of head trauma), yet at 5 AM Sunday, he was found
stiff and cold in his bed. Because of my work, I know it takes a long time for a body to get
cold and stiff. So what does this tell us of when he
really died and that SS WAS aware of his death long before she "went to the store" early that morning. (who wakes up on a Sunday morning before 5 AM to pick up a prescription?)
Rigor mortis begins
within two to six hours of death, starting with the eyelids, neck, and jaw. This sequence may be due to the difference in lactic acid levels among different muscles, which corresponds to the difference in glycogen levels and to the different types of muscle fibers.
Over the next four to six hours, rigor mortis spreads to the other muscles, including those in the internal organs such as the heart.
Read more: Rigor Mortis and Other Postmortem Changes - burial, body, life, cause, time, person, human, Putrefaction
http://www.deathreference.com/Py-Se/Rigor-Mortis-and-Other-Postmortem-Changes.html#ixzz0nmGUPE3k
She says his ARMS were stiff.
Approximate times for algor and rigor mortis in temperate regions
Body temperature / Body stiffness / Time since death
warm / not stiff = dead not more than three hours
warm / stiff = dead 3 to 8 hours
cold / stiff = dead 8 to 36 hours
cold / not stiff = dead more than 36 hours
SOURCE: Stærkeby, M. "What Happens after Death?" In the University of Oslo Forensic Entomology [web site]. Available from
http://folk.uio.no/mostarke/forens_ent/afterdeath.shtml.
Read more: Rigor Mortis and Other Postmortem Changes - burial, body, life, cause, time, person, human, Putrefaction
http://www.deathreference.com/Py-Se/Rigor-Mortis-and-Other-Postmortem-Changes.html#ixzz0nmH2r4AE
She claims she checked on Ethan
at 0300 and he was "asleep". She's a ***damned liar.
IF he was cold and stiff at 0500, then he had been dead since
at least 9 pm the night before. No doubt when she decided to wash his bedsheets.