rya

author, student and artist.

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Kelly Clarksons Underneath The Tree blasts inside of my head 24/7 ever since I witnessed the first fall of snow this winter.

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karma spotify canvas. reblog if you agree

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she’s sad and mean your honor!

I’m honestly tired all the time. I have no motivation to get up in the morning and have breakfast or dinner or anything, really. The only time I leave my house is when I’m forced to and I make plans with friends even though I know I’ll cancel. The D on my shirt stands for depression atp lol

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what a great time to be alive if you love terror and pain.

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elevators elevate me.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like fuck this <3

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Shelter from the rain

The sun outside was beginning to set and once she’d packed her bags, her legs carried her and the weights towards the exit of the library. She liked it here. It was comfortable and quiet, giving and loving. No other place before had made her feel so at peace with the world and herself.

With a quick reflex, her feet both stopped right at the edge between the small step and the wet pavement. “Damnit.” She cursed under her breath and peaked upwards into the sky as if her glare could stop the rain from falling. The tiny drops splashed against her leather shoes while she thought of where to go. The library was closing in a few minutes and it didn’t seem like the rain was going to stop anytime soon.

“Come on.” A man spoke up next to her, holding out his hand towards her. She met his eyes in the dull light and noticed the large umbrella that was protecting him from the rain. “Where do you need to be?” He asked, not moving away from her, despite her confused look and stiff posture.

He didn’t make her uncomfortable, he made her nervous. There was a huge difference between the two. He was tall and beautiful; she’d never seen such a beautiful human being until that day and despite the unruly weather, he’d managed to hold the umbrella inhumanly still. If that would’ve been her, the poor thing would’ve probably flown away. His shoes matched hers which wasn’t surprising because his style was a carbon copy of hers, just a tad bit more masculine. “I live just down the street.” She replied after a moment of silence.

“I’ll take you home, if that’s okay. I could close my eyes while we walk so I won’t see your address.” He smiled brightly, showing off his teeth. They were perfect, much like the rest of him.

She giggled slightly, but not awkwardly and nodded. “Okay, but you don’t have to close your eyes. I’m not even sure you’d be able to tell where I live with how thick the rain is.”

She was right. It was pouring and windy, he wouldn’t be able to tell. Without saying anything more, he held out his arm for her to hook hers into and they started speed walking towards the end of the street. It was hard for her to keep up with him at first but he slowed down to match her speed. It was a small act but showed her more consideration than most people have been showing her, her whole life.

“What is your name?” He asked. It was weird how clear and loud his voice was, while the world seemed to be ending around them.

“Lennon. What’s yours?” She met his eyes for a short second but then looked ahead again, her cheeks blushing.

“I’m Rupert.” Rupert, what a funny name. It felt like it belonged to an old man, rather than the one next to her. “I know, it’s an old name. My parents like their traditions.” He added as if he could read her mind.

“That’s my house.” She stopped, turning towards him slightly, underneath the umbrella they had been sharing. “Thank you for being so kind.”

“Lennon, will I be able to see you again?” He asked, smiling at her. He was just as infatuated with the pretty woman in front of him as she was with him.

“I’ll wait for you at the library the next time it rains.” She joked, quickly running up the steps towards her front door. Once she was inside and sheltered from the rain she turned towards him again.

“I’ll be there.” He said, waiting for her to shut the door before he left.

Until they meet again, seeking shelter from the rain.

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Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Entomology - Overview

Sometimes, all that is left from a violent crime are the skeletal remains of the victim. The careful analysis of bones can reveal many important clues about the identity and/or the type of injuries that caused the death of a victim. The scientific examination of the skeletal remains from a crime scene is known as forensic anthropology.

A dead body starts to decompose immediately upon death. The rate at which the human body decomposes depends upon the surrounding environment and micro environment of the body. If the remains of a victim have been left outside, insects and micro-organisms accelerate decomposition through infestation. Forensic entomology is a specialized field of forensic science in which the analysis and identification of insects found upon a victim’s body can lead to an approximation of the time of death and the cause of death.

The first criminal case in which methods of forensic anthropology were used was in the United States in 1849. Two anatomy professors were asked to examine skeletal remains found in a septic tank and furnace of an anatomy lab where Dr. George Parkman, a missing physician, worked. Analysis of the remains confirmed that the bones were the remains of the missing physician. This information led to the conviction of Dr. John W. Webster, a Harvard chemistry professor, who owed the victim money. Webster had killed and dismembered Parkman rather than pay the debt.

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Forensic Anthropology in the case of John Wayne Gacy

Forensic anthropology played a pivotal role in the investigation of one of America's most notorious serial killers - John Wayne Gacy. Forensic anthropology and other forensic methods helped to identify twenty-two of Gacy's thirty-three victims. Because only skeletal remains were available for many of Gacy's victims, forensic anthropology was used to determine exactly how they were murdered. In 1978, a fifteen-year-old boy named Robert Piest was reported missing by his mother. She had come to pick up Robert from the pharmacy where he worked part-time. Robert had told her that he was going outside to talk to a man who had offered him another part-time job. After three hours of waiting for Robert, Mrs. Piest contacted the local police.

The man who had offered Robert the part-time job was a local contractor named John Wayne Gacy. When police went to Gacy's house to ask about the whereabouts of Robert Piest, Gacy denied having seen Robert. He told them he was unable to talk to them as there was a recent death in his family and that he had funeral details to arrange. Police asked Gacy to come to the police station later that day. Gacy was questioned several hours later, and he continued to deny having seen Robert Piest. A background check of Gacy revealed that he had a criminal record for sexually assaulting a teenager and that he was awaiting trial for another sexual assault. This led police to obtain a search warrant for Gacy's house.

In December 1978 when police initially conducted a search of Gacy's house, they discovered a strong stench in the crawl space below his house. However, the ground in the crawl space looked untouched, so the police initially assumed the smell to be of sewage. Police did find numerous suspicious items in Gacy's house including two school graduation rings, marijuana, handcuffs, two driver's licences from two unknown males, police badges, and several articles of teenage boy clothing. In the trunk of one of Gacy's vehicles, hair matching Robert Piest's was found. Finally, after an intense investigation, police discovered that one of the graduation rings found at Gacy's house belonged to a teenager who had disappeared a year earlier. They also discovered that three of Gacy's former employees had mysteriously disappeared within the last five years.

All of this evidence finally led Gacy to confess to police that he did kill someone; however, he initially claimed it had been in self-defence. Gacy told police they could find the body under his garage. Police did find a body under the garage and began finding numerous remains under the crawl space of Gacy's house. Gacy then confessed to killing Robert Piest and more than thirty other young men.

The search for bodies at Gacy's house was set up much like an archaeological dig site because the excavation had to be done carefully to preserve the decomposing remains and to keep the remains organized because some of the bodies were piled on top of each other. On the first day of the search, two bodies were found in the crawl space.

As time passed, twenty-six more bodies were discovered beneath the crawl space. Some victims were buried so close together that it was hypothesized that they were probably killed or buried at the same time. Gacy told police that on several occasions he had killed more than one person in a day.

During the demolition of Gacy's property, the body of a young man was discovered preserved in the concrete of Gacy's patio. Another body was discovered under the recreation room of his house. By the end of December 1978, police removed twenty-nine bodies from Gacy's property. By the spring of 1979, police were able to connect four young male victims found in a local river to Gacy. Gacy confessed he disposed of the bodies in the river because he ran out of room in his crawl space and he had been experiencing back problems from digging the graves in the small crawl space.

Dr. Clyde Snow, a forensic anthropologist, was hired by police to help identify the victims removed from Gacy's property. Dr. Snow used missing person reports to help him identify the unknown remains. For example, he identified one set of remains found at Gacy's property as David Talsma using information from his missing persons report. In December 1977, nineteen-year-old David was reported missing. Records showed that David had fractured his left arm as a child. One set of remains from Gacy's property showed evidence of a fractured left arm that had healed. Also, the height of the remains matched David Talsma's height. The last observation that Dr. Snow used to identify these unknown remains was the fact that the left arm was several millimetres longer than the right arm and that the left scapula was bevelled. Both of these observations enabled Dr. Snow to conclude that the remains belonged to a left-handed victim. David Talsma was left-handed. In the end, investigators used forensic anthropology techniques and dental records to identify all but nine of Gacy's victims. Gacy was found guilty and convicted of thirty-three murders in 1980. After a long legal battle that he lost, John Wayne Gacy was executed by lethal injection in 1994.

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i should really stop making my go to icebreaker a quick rundown of how to properly dispose of a body

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My last post dates back to 2018.

I honestly never thought I’d download this app again but here I am. I hope it won’t be as traumatizing this time around lol

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//my taste in music is your face\\