is the person who is charged with the duty of carrying the objectives of investigation

is the identification or recognition

is the act of gathering relevant information from possible sources aside from the crime scene

is an act of ensuring physical and legal integrity or the credibility of the information or pieces of evidence gathered

is the determination of merit of the worth of the information of evidences to prosecute the suspect

is the knowledge which the investigator gathered and acquired from the persons

such as records and files of the police, company records

such as paid informants, bartenders, cab drivers

one of the most important aspects of ensuring the crimes and is to preserve the scene with minimal contamination and disturbance of evidence

the safety and physical wellbeing of officers and other individuals in and around the crime scene

the control of physical threats will ensure the safety of officers and others present

after controlling any dangerous situations or persons the initial responding officers next responsibilities to ensure that medical ascension is provided to injured persons while minimizing contamination of the scene

occurs when there is a deep irreversible coma

occurs when there is a continuous and persistent cessation of heart action and respiration

is the state of the body in which there is complete persistent and continuous

after 3 days to 6 days from cessation of the vital functions

note really death but a merely a transcend loss of consciousness

the muscles are relaxed and capable of contracting when stimulated

the whole body becomes rigid due to contraction of muscles and develops 3 to 6 hours

if the body exposed to temperature about 76° contegrate

the stiffening of the body may be manifested when the body is frozen

instantaneous rigidy of the muscles which is which occurs at a moment of death

rigor mortis appears 3 to 6 hours after death while caloverics spasm appears immediately after death

rigor mortis involve all the muscles of the body whether voluntary or involuntary

rigor mortis is a natural phenomenon which occurs after death while cadaveric spasm may or may not appear at the same time of death

rigor mortis may be utilized by a medical juris to approximate the time of death while cadaveric spasm may be useful to determine the nature of the crime