A hospice nurse has opened up about the process the body goes through after a person dies, including one rather messy aspect ...

Rigor mortis is the stiffening of a person's muscles after death, which is caused when the body's metabolism stops and there is a depletion of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is needed in the ...

According to court records, the Marion County Coroner's Office conducted an external exam of Kayden, noting he had rigor mortis in his jaw and head, but not anywhere else on his body. The examiner ...

West Jordan police are investigating a suspicious death after finding a woman dead at the bottom of a stairwell and already ...

A Kansas City woman will spend seven years in prison after her toddler was found dead of fentanyl poisoning in 2022.

Carlos Mercado, 47, was arrested for investigation of abuse or desecration of a dead body and two counts of ... and signs of rigor mortis appeared to be present," the affidavit alleges.