1. Introduction / Erica J. Armstrong -- 2. Investigative duties on scene / Kevin L. Erskine -- 3. On-scene body assessment / Kevin L. Erskine and Erica J. Armstrong -- 4. Case investigation : obtaining decedent, witness, suspect, and first responder information / Kevin L. Erskine -- 5. Pretrial preparation for the field investigator / Kevin L. Erskine -- 6. Medicolegal investigation of deaths : initial processing / Erica J. Armstrong -- 7. The medicolegal autopsy / Erica J. Armstrong -- 8. Asphyxia / Erica J. Armstrong -- 9. The forensic pathological aspects of deaths due to drowning and bodies recovered from fluid environments / Erica J. Armstrong -- 10. The forensic toxicological aspects of deaths due to drowning and bodies recovered from fluid environments / Erica J. Armstrong -- 11. Water-related deaths by manner / Erica J. Armstrong.