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I read the forensic definition of unnatural position or abnormal position when a body is discovered or uncovered, and found it quite revealing, and fascinating. First, I didn't know that description was one used by forensic death investigators, and I always enjoy learning something new.
Anyway pretty much the body is in a position that defies gravity when found. Example. The body wasn't laying flat down on the back or face down, but placed in an abnormal position with certain extremities or limbs in an abnormal position which would defy gravity.
Lividity plays a large part in determining unnatural positions it seems because of gravity the lividity pooling in the muscle, and tissue, etc. would be found on the remains closest to the ground in a normal expected position correlating with how the body was found.
Such as if the body was placed on it's back then lividity should always be found on the backside of the victim. Also all extremities should be also in that position whether placed face down, face up or on its side. Etc.
In forensics in abnormal positioned bodies the lividity or extremities does not line up with the way the body was positioned when found.
At least that is what I understood from reading the forensic definition specifically used by MEs or death investigators when determining whether its unnatural or abnormal positioning of discovered remains vs. normal expected positioning that lines up with exactly how the body was found.
Jmho
I agree that she didn’t put herself there