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Determination of the time of death in a homicide-suicide case using flow-cytometry.
No full textTHE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY (PHILADELPHIA
Difetti “nascosti” di protesi dentaria: analisi di eventuali profili di colpa professionale.
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Distribution of D3S1358, D21S11, FGA, vWA alleles in a Central Italian Population sample
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DISTRIBUTION OF D3S1358, D21S11, FGA, VWA ALLELES IN A CENTRAL ITALIAN POPULATION SAMPLE -ABSTRACT
No full textDistribution of D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D18S51 alleles in a Central Italian Population sample
No full textSuicide by hara-kiri: A series of four cases
No full textThe authors describe four cases of suicide by hara-kiri. This very painful form of suicide consists of self-inflicting a wound in the abdomen using a sharp instrument. It was first reported in 988 A.D. in the East but has now become rare in both the East and West. These four cases occurred over a 40-year period in the Trieste and Bari medicolegal area. In two of our cases the victims were afflicted with mental illness, whereas the other two suffered from depression. In cases of death by hara-kiri, it is important to establish a differential diagnosis between suicide and homicide; the presence of trial wounds (inflicted by the victim as a form of practice to overcome any hesitation before stabbing the abdomen with the cutting weapon) can prove very helpful
Dismemberment: a review of the literature and description of 3 cases
No full textThe authors describe 3 cases of dismemberment. Numer- ous methods of hiding a body and thus erasing proof of murder have been devised. Those most frequently described in the literature include: burial of the body in an unusual or impervious place such as a wood, grotto or mountain; charring the body by wrapping it in a tire, for example, to fuel the fire until all traces of the crime have been erased and identification of the victim is difficult; and dropping the weighted-down body in the open sea or in a well in the hope that it will never be found. Dismemberment is in reality a relatively rare method whereby, after killing the victim, the murderer uses a very sharp cutting weapon (a saw, axe, etc.) to sever the limbs and cut the body into small pieces. The operation is generally carried out immediately after the crime, although more rarely a long time may pass between the 2 events
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