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Dr. Robert Crosslin
Dr. Robert Crossland is a retired consultant physician, former community coroner for 23 years on Salt Spring Island, BC, and author of "Death Calls: A Coroner's Memoir."
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Jun 5, 2026
S9 E2 What the Bodies Revealed
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16:13Laura PalmerHOST
In Curly's case, it's consistent with him dying exactly where he falls, face down.
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16:19Dr. Robert CrosslinGUEST
So you can tell from this that the person died on their lying face down and the pits of blood trickle down and discolor the skin so that it's bluish.
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16:34Dr. Robert CrosslinGUEST
Now, if somebody comes along after somebody has died and lying there for a couple of hours, if they then move the body, that lividity will stay.
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16:49Dr. Robert CrosslinGUEST
The lividity is an important circumstance when you're reporting on a death.
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21:44Dr. Robert CrosslinGUEST
The upper one was also very forceful because it cut right through the third rib and then perforated the lung and went all the way to something called the hilum, and the hilum is where the windpipe comes down and splits to one branch to the right lung and one branch to the left lung, and right behind it are all the major blood vessels.