No, they won't. He was last seen alive around 8 p.m.

pauline1973 said:

Hi I been coming to the org periodically forever to find out what up with prince. Ever since his death it's kinda been my lifeline but I have a question about the date.they found him on the 21 but if it turns out he was deceased for a while will They change the date to the 20th? Thank you

Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter how long he was actually deceased. His time of death is when the proper authorities pronounce him dead.

moussemaker said:

No, they won't. He was last seen alive around 8 p.m.

SexFiendNikki said:

Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter how long he was actually deceased. His time of death is when the proper authorities pronounce him dead.

I have no personal experience with this, but I don't believe the above is correct. See the CDC manual on Death Registration for Coroners: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/d.../hb_me.pdf

There are different entries for "Date Pronounced Dead" (item 24) and "Actual or Presumed Date of Death" (item 29).

The latter is based on the coroner's best estimate for when the death occured. The former is the time that first responders located the body and pronounced it dead. The two do not have to be the same date.

It would seem possible that the date of death could be the 20th or the 21st... until the autopsy is completed we won't know where their estimate falls.

i would think it's very possible that he died on the 20th but the coroners and so forth will be able to give us a window of how long he was gone.

headtripparade said: