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On and On, South of Heaven
It's clear here that very few here have hooked a floater in summer OR winter. decomp is VERY fast in FL in the late summer/fall. Smell the smell ONE TIME and you NEVER forget it. I mean FRESH stiffs aren't bad. fresh as in this morning or this afternoon, and depending on temp even last night. Get a 4-5-6 day old stiff and you won't ever forget it.
If the weather is VERY warm, you have to be REALLY careful picking up these bodies. Parts fall off.
My only other comment here is that they had to find an intact (more or less) head so they could do dental records because this was WAY too fast for DNA comparisons.
Had a call one night from a mobile unit that there were headlights visible in a deep retention pond on property. Drove out and sure enough... They stayed on for about half an hour until they fizzled and faded out, a very eerie feeling washed over me seeing that.
There was a cop who had been passing by when the car was noticed. He grabbed some rope out of his trunk and headed down to the pond, his intention was to throw the rope to anyone who emerged to help them to shore, but about 20 feet from the edge he stopped and asked, "Are there gators in there?" One of my guys pointed to the "Warning! Alligators!" sign and he beat a hasty retreat.
We waited for 45 minutes until a dive team showed up and pulled a young female from the vehicle.
I've seen dead bodies before but the body of someone who drowned is incredibly disturbing and not something anyone would want to see. The image is still burned in my mind almost a decade later.
Susan Lim Obituary - Brandon, FL
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