how soon after death do bowels release
exists and is an alternate of . This depends upon the trajectory of death, and whether or not the bowels and bladder had any contents. But when a person dies such muscles are released immediately, so would bowel and bladder content. This depends upon the trajectory of death, and whether or not the bowels and bladder had any contents. But when a person dies such muscles are released immediately, so would bowel and bladder content.