William Bass Quotes on Time (3 Quotes)

At the time, there was nothing much in the literature, ... So I asked the dean if I could have a small piece of land to put bodies on. That was the beginning of what has been 29 years of trying to figure out what happens to people. I think all we've done is scratch the surface.

Most of the characteristics used to determine length of time since death are determined by insect activity, ... Occasionally, there will be no flies in a house, and maybe it's two weeks since the time of death before flies finally find a way in, and then there are two different rates of decay.

People will have alibis for certain time periods, and if you can determine death happened at another time, it makes a difference in the court case,