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An investigation into the effects of decomposition on the post-mortem location of trans-dermal artefacts
Abstract
A search area of a crime scene to recover trans-dermal artefacts (here, earrings) was conducted using 12 pig carcasses, of various sizes, with pierced ears; 6 were buried and 6 deposited on the surface in a wooded area. After 28 months, the remains were excavated and recovered, and the final location of the earrings recorded. The furthest recorded earring from its associated surface remains was 119cm. In the buried remains, on three occasions earrings were found located 6cm below the recorded base of the grave. Formal recommendations for the search area of a crime scene have been established as 120cm radius from the originally located remains, whether surface deposition or burial, and confirmation of excavation below the assumed floor of the grave in burials is essential, at least to 10cm.
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“or subterranean carcasses with shallow burial depths of 25 -60 cm (7.6%, 6/79) [32,39,41,69,84,95]”
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“eight ex periments exceeded the study duration of one year [32,59,66,95]”
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- Authors
- Starkie, A., White, L., & Thompson, T.
- Affiliations
- Teesside University (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Starkie, A.
- ORCID
- Thompson, T.
- Venue
- Forensic Science International
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-01
- Volume
- 224
- Issue
- 1-3
- Pages
- 68-72
- ISSN
- 0379-0738 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2032935207
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Forensic Science International (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Keywords
- postmortem decomposition, buried remains, tomb excavation, pig carcasses
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Burial, Postmortem Changes, Swine, Forensic Anthropology, Models, Animal, Exhumation, Forensic Pathology, Jewelry
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