She had been deceased for some time as rigor mortis had set in, the affidavit said. The girl was suffering from a “large puncture wound” on her neck and bruises on her face, arms, legs and back.

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Skylar Gardner, 2, was found dead underneath a fallen lightweight dresser with her body already going into rigor mortis by the time the woman who was supposed to take care of her found the girl. While ...

Gonzalez said it was clear the girl had been dead for at least four hours because the “rigor mortis had set in” but shared that the medical examiner's office estimated she could have been dead ...

Nestled beside the 1-year-old girl, as though she had simply been ... but by then, her body was in “rigor mortis,” according to Deal’s arrest report. Coleman sat at the front of the small ...