Citation

Konopka T, Bolechała F, Strona M. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2006; 27(2): 163-165.

Affiliation

Institute of Forensic Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.paf.0000203163.11366.d9

PMID

16738437

Abstract

A case of corpse dismemberment into 850 fragments was investigated at the Cracow Department of Forensic Medicine. The perpetrator employed various tools to divide the body into fragments and subsequently boiled the pieces to reduce their volume. The thus-prepared body decreased its volume to 30 kg. Subsequently, the perpetrator placed the body fragments in 2 large pots, which were then positioned in the space under the stairs and walled in.

Language: en