The scientists who pitched in on the search for Kristin Smart’s body and say they found evidence of human decomposition near Susan Flores’ yard used the same method to help investigators on a double ...

ENFIELD, N.C. -- A North Carolina woman is facing charges after police say she let her mother's body decompose for several months before reporting that she had died. Enfield police say she did it ...

What truly happens to the human body after death? From the first minutes to long-term decomposition, we explore the biological journey of the body shedding light on a natural process that’s both ...

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — Pennsylvania State Police have released more information in the criminal complaint that led to the charges against a Centre County funeral home owner who is accused of ...

Human remains that had been decomposing “for an extended period of time” have been discovered just off of a public hiking trail in Utah, police said. The Washington City Police Department announced ...

An Alabama hospital improperly stored a woman’s body, leaving it to decompose, the woman’s daughter says in a lawsuit. Getty Images/iStockphoto A woman is suing an Alabama hospital where her ...

When people die, Cheryl Johnston’s work begins. A forensic anthropologist at Western Carolina University, Johnston oversees one of our nation’s six human decomposition facilities. On a mountain slope ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont Police Department is investigating after a body was found in advanced stages of decomposition on Friday. Around 3:15 p.m., Beaumont detectives responded to the 3900 ...

After failing to buy him a coffin, two funeral directors left a pensioner’s decomposing body in an unrefrigerated mortuary for more than a month, a court has heard. Richard Elkin, 49, and Hayley Bell, ...