Schussverletzungen oder Käferfraß

Baumjohann, Kristina; Benecke, Mark; Rothschild, Markus A.

doi:10.1007/s00194-013-0934-1

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“…More information on the biology, i.e. developmental rates, seasonal activity and the importance in legal investigation, can be found in [23,[67][68][69][70].…”

Section: Dermestidaementioning

confidence: 99%

It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the importance of insects in legal investigations

et al. 2021

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This study highlights the importance of insect evidence by evaluating 949 insect-associated cases, including 139 entomological reports, from 2001 to 2019 at the Institute of Legal Medicine Frankfurt/Germany. With a high number of cases in the summer months and a low number in the colder season, 78.5% of the bodies were found indoors, regardless of year or month. In more than 80% of the cases, where PMI information was available (n = 704), the presumed PMI ranged from 1 to 21 days, a period during which entomological evidence can provide a day-specific estimate of PMImin. In cases where insects have been identified to species level (n = 279), most bodies were infested by one or two species with a maximum of 10 different species. Overall, a total of 55 insect species were found. Information on biology, activity and distribution of the most abundant taxa is given and applied for 5 case histories estimating different PMImins of up to over 6 months. Despite proved importance and scientific development of forensic entomology, insects are still rarely considered as a tool in forensic case work. The main reasons are a lack of awareness and (too) late involvement of a forensic entomologist. Our work shows that forensic entomology is an independent discipline that requires specialist expertise.

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“…More information on the biology, i.e. developmental rates, seasonal activity and the importance in legal investigation, can be found in [23,[67][68][69][70].…”

Section: Dermestidaementioning

confidence: 99%

It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the importance of insects in legal investigations

et al. 2021

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“…Proper evidence sampling is at the heart of a sound forensic entomologist’s opinion and failure to follow the protocol can have serious consequences for the report and expert testimony in court [ 28 ]. Hence, the gold standard is the sampling of entomological evidence at the scene and during the autopsy [ 21 ], and in cases of low population due to season or accessibility of the body, even only scene collection by a trained expert may be sufficient—but this will be the exception rather than the rule: many studies demonstrated that insect evidence is frequently sampled just during the autopsy [ 24 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ] and sometimes even several days after the discovery of the body [ 31 , 32 , 35 , 36 ]. Our results show that such practices can lead to large differences in species diversity and the developmental stages found, leading to a biased or wrong entomological report.…”

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“…This could lead to a number of problems in the collection of insect evidence, e.g., missing the oldest developmental stage [ 24 ], contamination [ 27 ], or incorrect sample handling [ 28 , 29 ]. One of the biggest problems is that evidence is frequently not sampled at the scene but during the autopsy [ 24 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 ], often several days after the discovery of the body [ 31 , 32 , 35 , 36 ]. An analysis of 127 cases from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences found that autopsy only sampling was performed in 42% of the cases while sampling at the scene and during the autopsy occurred only in 2% [ 24 ].…”

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To Be There or Not to Be There, That Is the Question—On the Problem of Delayed Sampling of Entomological Evidence

Lutz

Verhoff

Amendt

2021

Insects

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The aim of the current study was to analyze two major pitfalls in forensic entomological casework: delayed evidence sampling and the effect of low-temperature storage of the body. For this purpose, temperature profiles of heavily infested corpses during cooling and cases in which insect evidence was collected both at the scene and during autopsy were evaluated with regard to species composition and development stages found. The results show that the temperature in the body bags remained at higher average temperatures up to 10 °C relative to the mortuary cooler, therefore, sufficient for larval development, with significant differences in temperature between larval aggregations on one and the same body. In addition, we found large differences both in species number, species composition, and the developmental stages found at the scene and during the autopsy. These data and observations underscore the importance of sampling evidence at the scene and recording temperatures throughout the cooling period of a body.

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