Postmortem burning of the corpses following homicide

Socio-demographic and Mechanical Profiles of Malaysian Male Murderers: a Descriptive Study

“…The burnt corpses are then often discovered in remote areas like abandoned places (for example: bankrupt factories, abandoned housing projects and derelict buildings) or in unfamiliar outdoor places (for example: cemeteries, isolated farms, and oil palm plantations). The present study findings are in accordance with a study conducted in Turkey 20 .…”

“…Burying, postmortem burning, and dumping corpses into water have been recognized as frequent methods to hide acts of murder 20 . It appears that concealing murder by dumping or postmortem burning (see Figure 2) are the most preferred method among murderers in Malaysia.…”

Comparison of antemortem clinical diagnosis and postmortem findings in burn-related deaths

“…[1,2,710,13] Among the burn-related deaths observed in the present study, 87.1% were caused by accidents while 12.9% were caused by suicide. It has been reported that 14-15% of deaths occurring among females in India are associated with burns, [3] and suicide associated burn injuries rank third with a frequency of 11.4%.…”

La carbonización como forma de encubrir un femicidio

“…El cuerpo carbonizado es frágil y presenta múltiples artefactos causados por el trauma térmico, los factores ambientales y su manipulación desde el lugar del hallazgo, razón por la cual en muchos de estos casos la causa de la muerte queda como indeterminada 4,5 .…”