William Dutremaine Approx. est. PMI (0h 30min, jul 22, 1979 y – 19h 30min, jul 22, 1979 y)

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"Appeared to have been dead between 48 and 60 hours [by the time of discovery]" (SBC 7/25/79).

**Note: it is unknown when exactly the body was found, other than that it was in the afternoon on 7/24/79. While it is my opinion that the term "afternoon" applies to any time between noon and about 5pm, opinions on when the cutoff between "afternoon" and "evening" is vary from person to person (and also possibly with the seasons); for example, over the course of this project I've found a newspaper clipping that referred to 6pm as late afternoon, while another called 5pm early evening. So to cover all my bases I am having it apply to really any time after noon and before sunset.

"The body, which had been lying there for a number of days, had become decomposed by insects and high temperatures. 'He was probably dumped there. But there were not any obvious signs of injury.' [...] The body was intact [...] It was burned black on the legs and back from the sun" (VDP 7/25/79 pt 1).

SBC 7/25/79: https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-william-du/198580717/
VDP 7/25/79 pt 1: https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-press-william-dutremaine/198580809/

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