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  • Personal effects found at the scene of a "decomp" (you don't want to know!) lead Norah to track down the dead woman's daughter, Lynn (Mary Lynn Rajskub), a lonely lesbian who misinterprets Norah's interest in her.

    Readthehook.com - Current Articles 2009

  • It was strange as the house was in total darkness bar the street lights and our torches and it stank not of decomp but of the cats who were meowing like hell.

    The Love Shack, Baby. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • The air inside the vault, although stale and stuffy, lacked the sour aroma of decomp.

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010

  • The air inside the vault, although stale and stuffy, lacked the sour aroma of decomp.

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010

  • A month at least, if the level of decomp is any indication.

    Blood Lite II: Overbite Kevin J. Anderson 2010

  • The air inside the vault, although stale and stuffy, lacked the sour aroma of decomp.

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010

  • A body drops deep enough, all rules about decomp fly out the window.

    Spider Bones Kathy Reichs 2010

  • More specifically, an abundance of anaerobic bacteria quickly takes hold in such a large mass of tissue, resulting in the rank gases CSI techs use to sniff out “decomp.”

    DesignerBlog Will 2009

  • We already knew of one long-dead raccoon whose body was unreachable but also way past the stinky stage of decomp.

    Down and dirty Calamity Jen 2009

  • We already knew of one long-dead raccoon whose body was unreachable but also way past the stinky stage of decomp.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Calamity Jen 2009

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  • https://www.minnpost.com/business/2015/12/there-will-be-blood

    In Minnesota, about 40,000 people die every year. Many are not discovered for weeks or months after their death. In the biohazard cleanup business, these are called “decomps,” and they’re the most laborious jobs. “The best way to describe a decomp clean is peeling layers off an onion,” says Berg. “You just gotta keep pulling back those layers until you don’t find anymore body material.”

    December 9, 2015