Special Issues Regarding Expert Evidence in Violent Death

If there are multiple injuries, the chronological order and the significance regarding the cause of death can play a major role. Physical activity in forensic traumatological terms means the ability to execute a complex, adequate and intentional action despite the injury outcome. Basically, a distinction can be made between natural, accidental, non-criminal and criminal dismemberments. Post-mortem mutilation/dismemberment is generally rare and occurs with a focus on dense habitats. The incidence rate in Germany is approximately 10 cases per year. Death may occur due to sudden intake of a large amount of alcohol that will induce a hypotensive shock. Drug addiction has been known in every society at all times. A drug addict with withdrawal symptoms is a pitiful sight where he/she is desperate for the drug; withdrawal symptoms include sweating, fever, shakes, and so on. It is important to perform the medicolegal autopsies of drug abusers with care.