When you respond to a call where an occupant had not been seen for several days, and upon entering you find the person appears to have been dead for several days, what should you do?

A) Resume patrol as it is not a police matter.
B) Wait for the coroner to arrive, and then leave the scene.
C) Assume the death was natural until proven otherwise.
D) Assume that it has been a homicide until proven otherwise.
E) Leave when a family member arrives to be with the body.


D

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