But it was Blaney's job to determine cause of death and establish a postmortem interval.

This chief importance is Chrysomya's use as a means of developing an accurate postmortem interval in criminal investigations.

This has to be taken into account when estimating the postmortem interval.

Using this evidence along with correlating weather conditions known to be present around that time, an entomologist was able to give a postmortem interval.

Unfortunately, banding changes aren't helpful in determining the postmortem interval.

"It'll give us another estimate for the postmortem interval."

"What I see here is not inconsistent with a postmortem interval of two summer months."

This information is compiled in order to determine the postmortem interval.

Forensic professionals may form a postmortem interval by the life stage found on the corpse.

Many advances have been made about how to determine postmortem interval due to the Body Farm.