Identification of bullet holes in mummified corpse.
| Autor: | Bisogni KS; Forensic Pathologist, Vibo Valentia, Italy., Magli F; Anthropologist, Institute of Legal Medicine University of Milan, Milan, Italy., Galassi IA; Forensic Pathologist, Vicenza, Italy. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunita [Ann Ig] 2024 Jul-Aug; Vol. 175 (Suppl 2(4)), pp. 134-137. |
| DOI: | 10.7417/CT.2024.5101 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The evaluation of the cause of death in a forensic context is often challenging especially when the corpse is in a severely altered state (decomposed, skeletonized, charred, dismembered, etc.), thus making it difficult to obtain an overview of the features and/or lesions suggestive of the dynamics leading to death. Case Report: In this case, the corpse was partly in a state of saponification and partly in a state of mummification with signs of skeletonization. The head, trunk, arms and upper legs were mummified and almost completely dehydrated. Conclusion: The use of special techniques such as the rehydration of bodies is an ancient practice. Parts of skin in different states of decomposition with the use of rehydration solution represents a useful procedure for the study of some damaging modalities, being able to identify damaged areas characterized by compression/dehydration effects, hidden by the advanced transformative state of the corpse, highlighting very damaged, in which skin normality can no longer be restored. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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