indypddiver
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6Gill:I still find it hard to believe that a body would smell from underwater unless it was really in shallow water. (puddle?) I'm aware that some K-9's are able to locate bodies underwater by scent, but humans....not likely!
As for murder victims, have you ever heard of the Green River Serial Killer? He dumped a number of his victims in the Green River, King County WA in the jurisdiction of the King County Sheriff's Department. (The Department that I retired from after 34 years.) My departments dive team recovered a number of these bodies. :wolfgang:
I absolutely agree. The smell that I was alluding to was AFTER the body came out of the water...definitely not while it was in. I have never smelled a body underwater and in my experience, the cadaver dogs usually don't either. I think in 10 or 12 incidents where I've seen a cadaver dog used to try and locate a victim, one actually hit on the area where the victim was recovered.
You're also right...water-related stuff doesn't generally hold a candle to what you see just doing the regular job.
The Green River Killer? Of course I've heard of him and the case! I know that they arrested the guy responsible a year or two ago and that he admitted to 50 some murders I think? He said he killed so many that he couldn't keep them straight. I'm sure he probably committed even more.
Referring to your other post...I hope that you don't think that I put anything in my last post that might id a victim. Believe me, I didn't.