1. Introduction Macroscopic observations during decomposition are the result of underlying cellular processes [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. Historically, forensic science research has focused on the factors that correlate with macroscopic observations for the purpose of estimating the postmortem interval [5,6,8,9,10,11]. However, with advancing biomolecular analyses, more recent studies have turned to investigating the causes of decomposition at the microscopic and molecular levels for two primary reasons [2].
