Dismemberment and Body Encasement—Case Report and an Empiric Study
The mutilation and encasement of corpses are rare in daily forensic work, but when they occur, close cooperation between different disciplines, such as legal medicine and forensic anthropology, is necessary to obtain the most valuable results. One forensic examination method is the radiological eval...
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| author | Jana Matzen Benjamin Ondruschka Antonia Fitzek Klaus Püschel Eilin Jopp-van Well |
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| description | The mutilation and encasement of corpses are rare in daily forensic work, but when they occur, close cooperation between different disciplines, such as legal medicine and forensic anthropology, is necessary to obtain the most valuable results. One forensic examination method is the radiological evaluation of victims or body parts by postmortem CT (pmCT) and X-ray images. In relation to a case described in this paper, an empirical study was conducted to figure out the value of radiological imaging and the ability to visualize and temporally classify changes in a corpse encased in concrete. For this purpose, the head and paw of a pig were encased in concrete and scanned regularly over a period of one year. Body parts such as the head and paw are clearly visible on X-ray images. Although decay-related changes are shown, a specific minimum time interval cannot yet be found, as these changes occur continuously in lesser amounts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7856ec448be042a780da7c37a4a138a22023-11-23T18:51:35ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372022-02-0111232810.3390/biology11020328Dismemberment and Body Encasement—Case Report and an Empiric StudyJana Matzen0Benjamin Ondruschka1Antonia Fitzek2Klaus Püschel3Eilin Jopp-van Well4Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, D-22529 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, D-22529 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, D-22529 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, D-22529 Hamburg, GermanyInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Butenfeld 34, D-22529 Hamburg, GermanyThe mutilation and encasement of corpses are rare in daily forensic work, but when they occur, close cooperation between different disciplines, such as legal medicine and forensic anthropology, is necessary to obtain the most valuable results. One forensic examination method is the radiological evaluation of victims or body parts by postmortem CT (pmCT) and X-ray images. In relation to a case described in this paper, an empirical study was conducted to figure out the value of radiological imaging and the ability to visualize and temporally classify changes in a corpse encased in concrete. For this purpose, the head and paw of a pig were encased in concrete and scanned regularly over a period of one year. Body parts such as the head and paw are clearly visible on X-ray images. Although decay-related changes are shown, a specific minimum time interval cannot yet be found, as these changes occur continuously in lesser amounts.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/2/328dismembermentpostmortem CTX-rayforensic anthropologyencasement |
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| title | Dismemberment and Body Encasement—Case Report and an Empiric Study |
| title_full | Dismemberment and Body Encasement—Case Report and an Empiric Study |
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| title_short | Dismemberment and Body Encasement—Case Report and an Empiric Study |
| title_sort | dismemberment and body encasement case report and an empiric study |
| topic | dismemberment postmortem CT X-ray forensic anthropology encasement |
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