How are murdered bodies ever found?

SuperInfinity · 05-01-2011 11:26PM #1

I don't understand how bodies like that are ever found. Surely its like searching for a needle in a haystack?

Sure you have the smell, but dig a hole five feet deep and who would ever know?

And yes I really am an axe murderer concerned about this. :cool:

starbelgrade · 05-01-2011 11:27PM

SuperInfinity wrote: »

I don't understand how bodies like that are ever found. Surely its like searching for a needle in a haystack?

Mobile phone tracking devices usually.

minidazzler · 05-01-2011 11:28PM

Upturned soil?

The Undead haunting?

Nosy people?

And some just aren't...those are my ones.

Cookie_Monster · 05-01-2011 11:28PM

they become zombies and go down to the nearest Garda station to complain before going on their brain eating rampage, duh.

af_thefragile · 05-01-2011 11:29PM

Every contact leaves a trace.

Its like the most basic and fundamental rule in forensics.

pavb2 · 05-01-2011 11:29PM

To answer the question it's usually by someone walking their dog

af_thefragile · 05-01-2011 11:30PM

pavb2 wrote: »

usually by someone **** their dog

:eek::eek:

Oranage2 · 05-01-2011 11:30PM

Microchip that is placed into your brain at birth for tracking and mind control

kerryman12 · 05-01-2011 11:31PM

How many times have you heard this phrase on the news;
a man/woman out walking a dog found the body

MardiB · 05-01-2011 11:31PM

Sure it's always either people walking their dogs or people out hiking.

minidazzler · 05-01-2011 11:32PM

kerryman12 wrote: »

How many times have you heard this phrase on the news;
a man/woman out walking a dog found the body

That's just sloppy though, the killer just leaves the body covered with some leaves.

You gotta do some digging if you wanna win.

bonerm · 05-01-2011 11:33PM

pavb2 wrote: »

To answer the question it's usually by someone **** their dog

I just got a great idea for a new crime drama series starring Roy Keane.

El Horseboxo · 05-01-2011 11:33PM

Because a lot of murder body dumps are panicked, rushed and are carried out in the dark. So they might be putting it somewhere they think is concealed only to notice during the day it's a popular short cut or something used by locals. Not to mention smells and people out walking dogs etc and i doubt anyone turns up and digs a 6ft hole.

CrazyRabbit · 05-01-2011 11:34PM

Well they haven't found any of my victims.

Cheap Thrills! · 05-01-2011 11:35PM

Yeah, it wouldn't be too easy for the average Joe Soap to go 5 or 6 feet down. Especially in cold weather when the ground is hard and frozen.

I would imagine. :cool:

kerryman12 · 05-01-2011 11:35PM

minidazzler wrote: »

That's just sloppy though, the killer just leaves the body covered with some leaves.

You gotta do some digging if you wanna win.

Kids these day.....eh, where's the commitment

Seosaimh77 · 05-01-2011 11:35PM

I know people who say they are going out hunting for dead bodies when they take their dog for a walk down by the royal canal and places like that - they walk their dogs in remote places on purpose, hoping to find a corpse. But I bet they'd freak out if they ever actually found something themselves

amacca · 05-01-2011 11:36PM

bonerm wrote: »

I just got a great idea for a new crime drama series starring Roy Keane.

Poor Triggs!

af_thefragile · 05-01-2011 11:36PM

minidazzler wrote: »

That's just sloppy though, the killer just leaves the body covered with some leaves.

You gotta do some digging if you wanna win.

That's wrong.
This is how you dispose off a body properly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-jDVaYnmM

figarofigaro · 05-01-2011 11:37PM

Imma start doing all my killins when I'm out walking the dog. The perfect crime.

Locust · 05-01-2011 11:37PM

Have you any idea how long it takes to dig a 5 foot deep hole long enough to fit a body into? Somewhere where there aren't rocks/clay to battle through and not be noticed by local, farmers, walkers, hunters etc... Never mind nosey local people writing down and reporting the reg of your seemingly abandoned car nearby? Whilse your digging that bleedin hole... And building up your alibi, contingency plans in case you get caught ...geesh... zombies etc etc.... It ain't all that easy you know!! I should stop.

dilallio · 05-01-2011 11:39PM

The mafia used to bury bodies in cemeteries in recently dug graves.

Son Of A Vidic · 05-01-2011 11:48PM

Are you talking about serial killers here? Or the run of the mill 'normal' murders that occur? Because most bodies are found...well because it's a body, so it can't go anywhere.

ejmaztec · 05-01-2011 11:50PM

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Because a lot of murder body dumps are panicked, rushed and are carried out in the dark. So they might be putting it somewhere they think is concealed only to notice during the day it's a popular short cut or something used by locals.

You'll know better next time. When are you up for parole?

javaboy · 06-01-2011 12:14AM

If I learned anything from Casino, it's that you dig the hole before you commit the murder.

SantryRed · 06-01-2011 12:51AM

How is it a murdered body if it's never found?

javaboy · 06-01-2011 12:55AM

SantryRed wrote: »

How is it a murdered body if it's never found?

Are you being "tree fall in a woods" philosophical? Or just defence lawyer slimey?

Nevyn · 06-01-2011 01:07AM

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cadaver-dog.htm

A cadaver dog or human remains dog is a special type of police dog which has been trained to search for cadavers and human remains. With the use of a cadaver dog, rescue crews can identify dead bodies in wreckage for future removal, and cadaver dogs can also be used by crime units to find areas where a cadaver might have been buried, stored, or dismembered. These canines may have macabre jobs, but they are very useful additions to the police forces in the areas where they are used, and they have some of the best noses in the business.

As human remains decay, they produce a variety of very distinct odors. While most of us would probably prefer to avoid ever experiencing such odors, for cadaver dogs, the odors are like a signature, because they appear nowhere else in nature. A cadaver dog can actually detect human remains through concrete, buried underground, or at the bottom of a body of water, using its extremely well-honed noses to search for faint traces of the chemicals emitted by the human body during decomposition.

leeroybrown · 06-01-2011 01:12AM

Seosaimh77 wrote: »

they walk their dogs in remote places on purpose, hoping to find a corpse.

Necrophilia is wrong!

ScumLord · 06-01-2011 01:16AM

What I do is just go down to the local graveyard, find a prepared grave, dig an extra two feet down dump the victim, fill in the bit I dug again and the next day the guys at the funeral fill in the rest for me and the best dog in the world isn't going to know the difference. :cool: At worst the mortician will get a bad reputation.

irish_goat · 06-01-2011 01:21AM

There's plenty of big deep forests in Donegal that could be used to stash a body or two. Ones beside main roads that don't facilitate walkers.

Failing that, take a trip down to the local marina at night and you'll find plenty of little wooden boats lying around...a quick row out to the middle of the lough and there'll be no scuba diving dogs to catch you out.

How are murdered bodies ever found?

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