Ciriii57
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In fact the colour of the eye does not change after death; the cornea develops a hazy film called "corneal opacity" which can make the eyes appear bluish-grey. The colour of the iris underneath remains the same and any coroner or medical examiner worth his salt would know this. Eventually the eyes will turn black as blood vessels collapse- but this happens after a much longer time than BCJD had been there and usually in a outside death nature has already consumed the eyes by the time that happens.Yes, but eye colour also changes after death.
The only reason eye colour would not be able to be determined is due to decomposition; which certainly hadn't occurred in this case.
Corneal Opacity usually occurs about 2 hours after death but can vary depending on environment.
Even if the coroner in this case was totally useless (i'm not saying he was!) he listed the eyes as "brown". That means BCJD's eyes were most assuredly brown. Any mistake by the coroner owing to colour changes after death would have labelled them as blue.
Anyone with blue eyes is not possible to be BCJD; unless the missing person's eye colour was reported incorectly.
The first is corneal clouding. About two hours after death, the cornea becomes hazy or cloudy, turning progressively more opaque over the next day or two. This obstructs the view of the lens and back of the eye. (See A New Look at a Dead Retina, on page 80.) But this clouding may provide a rough estimate in helping to determine time of death.