how can a person be in rigor mortis and still be bleeding profusely from the nose?
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"Still bleeding"? Did you see pulsatile flow of blood ejected from the body? Or did you observe an ooze of brighter blood on top of a darker layer? The former is what we might call arterial bleeding or active bleeding and it is a sign that there is still cardiac activity, or at least circulatory activity from something ( like cardiac bypass, or really good CPR). The latter happens a lot for hours after death as the blood clots, separates, and reddish plasma rises, then runs off the top of clotted blood as the body is moved. That, in exact terms, is not "bleeding profusely", but "bled profusely". Also, in an exsanguinating nose bleed, there may be a half liter of blood in the mouth , nose, and upper airway, and still more in the respiratory tree. When the body is moved, that blood, as clot or separated plasma, flows out. All of this is consistent with a state several hours after death when rigor mortis may have begun.
About the medical and coroners report- don't get too bent, the doctors do not comment on external blood- it is not important to what they have to report on.
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Ummm depends on if they have the zombie virus.
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