For the first time, researchers have identified what appears to be a network of approximately 20 microbes that universally drive the decomposition of animal flesh. The findings have significant ...

COFFEE COUNTY, Ga. — There have been many questions surrounding the investigation into a south Georgia funeral home where 18 decomposing bodies were found. On Thursday, the Georgia Bureau of ...

Scientists have pinpointed a new source of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that's more potent than carbon dioxide. The culprit? Tiny bits of decomposing leaves in soil. Michigan State University ...

COFFEE COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia funeral homeowner faces more than a dozen charges after 18 decomposing bodies were found. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested 39-year-old Chris Johnson on ...

Establishing a precise time of death (the postmortem interval, or PMI) upon discovery of a corpse is notoriously challenging, however easy fictional medical examiners might make it seem. Some forensic ...

The licenses of Randy Lankford and the Lankford Funeral Home have been revoked after 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains were found at the facility. An investigation into the home began in 2022 ...

A decomposing female body was found in the trunk of a Tesla registered to the singer D4vd, two days after it had been towed from a Los Angeles street, police sources said. Police responded to an ...

CONROE, Texas (KTRK) -- An investigation is underway after a married couple was found dead inside their home in Montgomery County, according to deputies. On Tuesday, deputies with the Montgomery ...

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