TY - JOUR
T1 - Dumping after homicide using setting in concrete and/or sealing with bricks--six case reports.
AU - Preuss, J.
AU - Strehler, M.
AU - Dressler, J.
AU - Risse, M.
AU - Anders, S.
AU - Madea, B.
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PY - 2006/5/25
Y1 - 2006/5/25
N2 - Homicide with subsequent hiding of the body using setting in concrete or sealing with bricks are rarely seen forensic cases. The article describes the circumstances and findings of six cases in which bodies were encased with concrete and/or bricks. In all cases, the offenders were male, in one case together with his wife and--except for one case--the victims were related to the offender. The causes of death were heterogeneous (suffocation, blunt force, shot) and the motive mainly domestic quarrel. Setting corpses in concrete and/or sealing with bricks does not prevent smell, slows decomposition and therefore complicates the estimation of the post mortem interval.
AB - Homicide with subsequent hiding of the body using setting in concrete or sealing with bricks are rarely seen forensic cases. The article describes the circumstances and findings of six cases in which bodies were encased with concrete and/or bricks. In all cases, the offenders were male, in one case together with his wife and--except for one case--the victims were related to the offender. The causes of death were heterogeneous (suffocation, blunt force, shot) and the motive mainly domestic quarrel. Setting corpses in concrete and/or sealing with bricks does not prevent smell, slows decomposition and therefore complicates the estimation of the post mortem interval.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.09.010
DO - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.09.010
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 16293386
AN - SCOPUS:33744472519
SN - 0379-0738
VL - 159
SP - 55
EP - 60
JO - Forensic Science International
JF - Forensic Science International
IS - 1
ER -
