Gunshot wound in skeletonised human remains with partial adipocere formation

Faridah Mohd Nor; Srijit Das

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2011.07.008

Gunshot wound in skeletonised human remains with partial adipocere formation

Faridah Mohd Nor^*, Srijit Das

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present a case of skeletonised human remains. In the present case report, a body was exhumed from the ground above a cemetery. On exhumation, the body was partially-skeletonised with adipocere formation on the upper part of the body. Autopsy of the body showed two bullets in the right thigh muscle and lumbar vertebrae between L4 and L5. Postmortem changes and destruction of soft tissue made it impossible to determine direction of fire through the body, even in a careful complete autopsy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	42-45
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2011.07.008
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adipocere
Autopsy
Bullet
Exhumation
Forensic
Human
Remains
Skeletonised

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Law

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Gunshot wound in skeletonised human remains with partial adipocere formation

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