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Imagine getting caught for killing someone and it wasn't blood you left behind, it wasn't your alibi, and it wasn't witness.. no no, it was bugs, fungus and teeth. Forensic Mycology, Dentistry and Entomology are what we're looking at today!

An unattended death is any death that doesn't happen in the presence of another or under medical supervision. Typically they are not found for days, weeks or even months. This is the story of my first unattended death, and the first call that really touched me personally. The decedent was a woman in her 40s who was a complete hermit/shut-in who drank herself to death. She worked from home, and had alcohol delivered to her almost daily. When i first entered the bedroom where she began dying, there was a MOUNTAIN of paper bags and empty bottles next to her bed. It was higher than the bed and had to be at least 100 wine and vodka bottles. I think what got to me was the fact that it could have very easily been me.