...MS Megyesi, MSc; SP Nawrocki, PhD; NH Haskell, PhD Forensic anthropologists often rely on the state of decomposition to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) in a human remains case. The state of decomposition can provide much information about the PMI, especially when decomposition is treated...

... and maximum limits of the Postmortem Interval (PMI), that is, the time between death and the discovery of the body. This study was carried out during the rainy season, from 27 October to 12 December 2002 in an urban area of the city of Medellín, Colombia. Three domestic pigs were used as animal models...

...GM Courtin, Ph.D.; SI Fairgrieve, Ph.D. The discovery of human remains lying across a black spruce ( Picea mariana ) leader (branch) that subsequently grew up around the remains provided an opportunity to use the growth ring pattern to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI). As these remains were...

..., postmortem interval, death investigation, Calliphoridae, Calliphora vicina, human DNA analysis Insects and other arthropods are often collected from a corpse during a criminal investigation. This entomological evidence can be used to estimate the amount of time the victim has been dead, also known...

... related to the human ear drawing attention to those situations where the ear could play a valuable role in a forensic investigation. 11 09 2002 02 09 2002 01 01 2003 forensic science ear morphology identification postmortem interval trauma temperature References...

..., postmortem interval, myiasis, development time, thermal constant The larvae of sarcophagid flies (commonly called flesh flies ) potentially are among the most useful insects for investigation of suspicious human death (1). Liopygia argyrostoma (RobineauDesvoidy) ( Sarcophaga argyrostoma) was originally...

... of decomposition. The purpose of this work was to develop an accurate and precise method for measuring the postmortem interval (PMI) of human remains. Eighteen subjects were placed within a decay research facility throughout a four-year time period and allowed to decompose naturally. Field autopsies were performed...

...M Thaik-Oo, M.D., Ph.D.; E Tanaka, Ph.D.; T Tsuchiya, M.D., Ph.D.; Y Kominato, M.D., Ph.D.; K Honda, M.D., Ph.D.; K Yamazaki, M.D., Ph.D.; S Misawa, M.D., Ph.D. Estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI) is one of the most important tasks in forensic medicine. Five autopsy organ tissues...

...JM Mandojana, M.D., Ph.D., B.D.S.; SM las Heras, M.D., Ph.D., B.D.S.; A Valenzuela, M.D., Ph.D., B.D.S.; M Valenzuela, M.D., Ph.D.; JD Luna, Ph.D. Morphological methods for age estimation from teeth have been developed and applied to samples without taking the postmortem interval into consideration...

...F Yan, M.S.; R McNally, B.S.; EJ Kontanis, B.A.; OA Sadik, Ph.D. The accurate determination of postmortem interval (PMI) using the formation of adipocere presents a significant challenge to forensic scientists interested in determining the time of death. Several attempts have been made to determine...

...JI Muñoz, M.D., Ph.D.; JM Suárez-Peñaranda, M.D., Ph.D.; XL Otero, Ph.D.; MS Rodríguez-Calvo, M.D., Ph.D.; E Costas, M.D.; X Miguéns, M.D.; L Concheiro, M.D., Ph.D. The relation between the potassium concentration in the vitreous humor, [ K + ], and the postmortem interval has been studied...

... pathology forensic medicine postmortem cooling time of death postmortem interval microwave thermograph curve fitting References Al-Alousi   L M , Anderson   R A , Land   D V . A non-invasive method for post-mortem temperature measurements using a microwave probe . Forensic Sci...

... the average brain, liver, and rectal cooling curves for naked and covered body groups. The ruler is designed for the rectal cooling curves for covered and naked bodies. This method requires one temperature measurement of the chosen body site and the environment. The postmortem interval is estimated...

... progressed. KEYWORDS: forensic science, forensic entomology, Hawaii, decomposition, hanging, entomology, succession, postmortem interval celerate the invasion of a body by insects and other arthropods (1,4). One situation which, to date, has not been adequately documented is the possible change in rates...

...S Vincent, Ph.D.; JM Vian, B.S.; MP Carlotti, Pharm.D. The identification of insects found on a dead body can lead to the estimation of the time of death (postmortem interval). We report an updated version of an established method based on sequence analysis of PCR products from a region...

... investigations . Ann Rev Entomol 1992 ; 37 : 253 - 72 . Goff   M L . Estimation of postmortem interval using arthropod development and successional patterns . Forensic Sci Rev 1993 ; 5 : 81 - 94 . Hewadikaram   K A , Goff   M L . Effect of carcass size on rate of decomposition...

.... Doukas,1,2 Ph.D.; Michael Bamberg;1 Robert Gillies,1 Ph.D.; Richard Evans,3 M.D.; and Nikiforos Kollias,1,2 Ph.D. Spectroscopic Determination of Skin Viability. A Predictor of Postmortem Interval REFERENCES: Doukas AG, Bamberg M, Gillies R, Evans R, Kollias N. Spectroscopic determination of skin...

... of death, postmortem interval, carcass cooling, rigor mortis, deer, Missouri, wildlife law enforcement Time of death (TOD) estimation for wildlife species has been designated as the most desired wildlife law enforcement tool (1). This ability would allow officers to confirm or deny whether an animal had...

...T Kahana, Ph.D.; J Almog, Ph.D.; J Levy, B.A.; E Shmeltzer; Y Spier; J Hiss, M.D. Taphonomy of marine environments has been studied mostly from individual cases. The formation of adipocere, or “grave-wax,” is an important indicator of the postmortem interval. In the present paper, the conditions...

... postmortem interval skeletal remains luminol test image analysis 24 06 1998 23 09 1998 25 09 1998 Francesco Introna Jr., M.D.1; Giancarlo Di Vella, Ph.D., M.D.1; and Carlo Pietro Campobasso, M.D.1 Determination of Postmortem Interval from Old Skeletal Remains by Image Analysis...