Post-mortem Interval of Buried Carcasses in a Tropical Rainforest Vegetation of Nigeria

Post-mortem Interval of Buried Carcasses in a Tropical Rainforest Vegetation of Nigeria

Background: Most of the murder victims in Nigeria are concealed in shallow graves or clandestine paths or bushes. Knowledge of post-mortem interval (PMI) of buried carcasses is useful in estimating time since death for buried homicide scenarios. The PMI of buried remains is different from that of re...

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Main Authors: Darlington Nnamdi Onyejike, Ugochukwu Godfrey Esomonu, Victor Adolf Fischer, Ifeoma Miracle Onyejike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-06-01
Series:Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine
Subjects:
buried remains
concealed
homicide
post-mortem interval
shallow burial
Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfsm.jfsm_80_22

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