By Todd R. Hansen
It takes about two weeks for dermestids to clean the flesh and soft tissue away from the bones of a full skeleton.
That is if the beetles are kept warm, fed and healthy and, well, loved.
Colleen Milligan, a forensic anthropology professor at California State University, Chico, and co-director of the on-campus Human Identification Lab, shared case studies Monday from the lab’s work with about 120 cadets at the Public Safety Academy in Fairfield.
Source: Public Safety Academy cadets bone up on forensic sciences