05-05-2016, 12:51 PM
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A five gallon bucket of concrete wouldn't be heavy enough to hold a body in place with even a modest current.
You would need at least double and probably triple that to stand a chance of keeping a corpse on the bottom.
As well when a body begins to decompose the gasses produced are one of the main components in helping to float it. To effectively keep that from happening you'd need to puncture both lungs and the abdominal cavity.
The old mental picture of a steel washtub filled with concrete and the "victim" standing in it is actually a fairly accurate representation of the amount of material needed as those old tubs would hold 15 - 20 gallons. I would imagine that mobsters would be smart enough to know to shiv the lungs and gut before tossing the victim into deep water.
You would need at least double and probably triple that to stand a chance of keeping a corpse on the bottom.
As well when a body begins to decompose the gasses produced are one of the main components in helping to float it. To effectively keep that from happening you'd need to puncture both lungs and the abdominal cavity.
The old mental picture of a steel washtub filled with concrete and the "victim" standing in it is actually a fairly accurate representation of the amount of material needed as those old tubs would hold 15 - 20 gallons. I would imagine that mobsters would be smart enough to know to shiv the lungs and gut before tossing the victim into deep water.
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