关键词: Anthropometry Forensic Medicine Forensic anthropology Human remains at sea Personal Identification Taphonomy marine context

Mesh : Humans Body Remains Male Forensic Anthropology / methods Italy Adult Middle Aged Immersion Female

来  源:   DOI:10.7417/CT.2024.5102

Abstract:
UNASSIGNED: Calculating the immersion time at sea of human skeletal remains is a challenge for forensic investigations and the answer to this question would solve many court cases in the shortest possible time. Remains in water create profound structural changes due to countless variables that lead to difficulties in interpretation during investigations.
UNASSIGNED: In this paper, two forensic cases found at sea were analysed, Case A, an extensively skeletonised corpse, and Case B, an isolated, intact foot with soft tissue, both found only 9 km away from the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Southern Italy). A preliminary radiodiagnostic examination was performed for both cases. Subsequently, macroscopic observation of two tattoos found on case A was carried out. Autopsy examination was then carried out with subsequent anthropometric analysis to reconstruct the biological profile of both subjects, (case A) and (case B). Finally, histological and genetic analyses were performed.
UNASSIGNED: The examinations carried out made it possible to determine two compatible biological profiles, despite the taphonomic difference, and these examinations were corroborated by the anthropometric and genetic correlation, which led to the solution of a single judicial case. In conclusion, all the investigations carried out made it possible to state that the skeletonised corpse (Case A) and the isolated foot (Case B) belonged to the same individual in life. This result made it possible to identify the victim, thus establishing the profile of an individual who had disappeared in the previous two months due to a shipwreck.
摘要:
计算人体骨骼遗骸在海上的浸入时间是法医调查的一个挑战,这个问题的答案将在最短的时间内解决许多法庭案件。由于无数变量导致在调查期间难以解释,水中的残留物会产生深刻的结构变化。
在本文中,分析了在海上发现的两例法医案件,案例A,一具全身骨骼化的尸体,案例B,一个孤立的,完整的脚有软组织,两者都发现距离第勒尼安海(意大利南部)海岸仅9公里。对这两种情况都进行了初步的放射诊断检查。随后,对病例A上发现的两个纹身进行了宏观观察。然后进行尸体解剖检查,随后进行人体测量分析,以重建两名受试者的生物学特征。(案例A)和(案例B)。最后,进行组织学和遗传学分析.
所进行的检查使确定两个相容的生物学特征成为可能,尽管有不同的语法,这些检查得到了人体测量和遗传相关性的证实,这导致了一个单一的司法案件的解决。总之,进行的所有调查都可以说明,骷髅尸体(案例A)和孤立的脚(案例B)在生活中属于同一个人。这个结果使得识别受害者成为可能,从而确定了一个在前两个月因海难失踪的人的形象。
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