@article{ref1,
title="Body recovery after the "first 48": implications for sexual homicide investigations",
journal="Homicide studies",
year="2019",
author="Reale, Kylie and Beauregard, Eric",
volume="23",
number="2",
pages="126-144",
abstract="There is a lack of research examining the relationship between body recovery times and the &quot;first 48,&quot; despite the risk of forensic evidence deteriorating and the difficulty in forming leads without a body. The study explores factors influencing body recovery--both during and after the critical 48-hr investigative window--in sexual homicide cases. Offender characteristics, victimology, contact scene and body recovery locations, and forensic awareness strategies are used to predict body recovery after the &quot;first 48.&quot; Findings suggest that certain offenders can delay body recovery past the first 48 because they utilized detection avoidance strategies during the crime-commission process.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1088-7679",
doi="10.1177/1088767918795209",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1088767918795209"
}