The RIDDLE of the BACK STAIRCASE.

[Bridget]

The significance of Campion is in inverse proportion to the significance of Bridget.  I've just made that up but it sounded good.

I'm trying to work out whether or not to feel insulted..

[Buddy]

Wasnt Neville said to be in an advanced state of rigor? I would have expected Sheila to have been if she had died between 3 and 4 am or even earlier.
However,I understand that once in a state of rigor,the person then comes out of it? I dont know how long that process takes?

Rigor is different from person to person Weight ect. Also temperature. As Ralph was in a warm room [aga] I would have thought that rigor would be slower.

[susan]

Wow Bridget is that a compliment Roch has just paid you

[Roch]

I'm trying to work out whether or not to feel insulted..

I wouldn't have thought so. 

[-Harters-]

I spend 50% of my time repeating myself on this forum.

I did not call Campion a nutter.

I can't believe you called Campion a nutter, that's bang out of order! 

[tyler]

Rigor is different from person to person Weight ect. Also temperature. As Ralph was in a warm room [aga] I would have thought that rigor would be slower.

Yes,I agree it varies from person to person and their circumstances,but I would still have expected Sheila to have been in RM by the time EP were faffing around photographing the rifle in different positions on her body if she had died hours earlier.I wondered if her medication may have slowed the process down,or maybe she really did die a lot later than is thought?

[Roch]

So you're saying you didn't call Campion a nutter?

[Buddy]

I can't believe you called Campion a nutter, that's bang out of order! 

[guest154]

I can't believe you called Campion a nutter, that's bang out of order! 

I think you're suffering from Nugung syndrome. 

[nugnug]

did you call campion a nutter i cant believe it.

[lookout]

No, it doesn't mean no rigor mortis was present, it means it wasn't fully 'set' yet. RM is a gradual process, and the time it takes to fully set in depends on many factors. It is not the case that a body is floppy one minute, and stiff as a board the next.

Rigor mortis begins as soon as the heart stops.Because Sheila was slightly built,I would estimate that her limbs would have stiffened within 2 hours,,,and especially due to her activity and the assimilation of lactic acid that she used in being active.Livor would be about 8 hours where it would have shown a marked difference in her colour.

[andrea]

Jeez! That campion's a reet nutter.

[guest154]

Jeez! That campion's a reet nutter.

Rude - maybe? A nutter. No, not from that I've seen. BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS STARK RAVING MAD!

[andrea]

That was a joke, mat!!

[guest154]

That was a joke, mat!!

How dare you call him a nutter tho.