New details emerge on deep sea, marine-submerged bodies

Findings of a new Simon Fraser University study could benefit investigators when bodies are recovered in deep water. It's the first to document carcass (pig) taphonomy (the study of what happens to organisms after death) in the open, well-oxygenated waters of the Strait of Georgia. SFU criminologist Gail Anderson says the research demonstrates "a dramatically different scavenging progression" than that seen earlier in nearby waters.