With 11 presidential hopefuls competing in second live televised debate, cast your vote on who fared best. 5:42AM BST 17 Sep 2015. The second Republican debate on CNN was a marathon of attacks, counter-punches and strange moments.
ANSWER #1 of 4. 2 to 5 days. . . . . . I actually ask a funeral director. ANSWER #2 of 4. usually the wake is 2-3 days after and the funeral is the next day. It depends though on if they had pre-arrangements or if they need an autopsy. but generally only a few days.
At the same time, without circulation to keep it moving through the body, blood starts to pool and settle. Rigor mortis, or a stiffening of the body, sets in about two to six hours after death [source: Marchant, Middleton ]. While the body as a whole may be dead, little things within the body are still alive. Skin cells, for example, can be viably harvested for up to 24 hours after death [source: Mims ]. But some things that are still alive lead to the putrefaction, or decomposition, of the body -- we're talking about little organisms that live in the intestines.