TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Identification of bullet holes in mummified corpse
JO  - Annali di Igiene: Medicina Preventiva e di Comunita
A1  - Bisogni, K. S.
A1  - Magli, F.
A1  - Galassi, I. A.
SP  - 134
EP  - 137
VL  - 175
IS  - Suppl 2(4)
N2  - BACKGROUND: The evaluation of the cause of death in a forensic context is often challenging especially when the corpse is in a severely altered state (decomposed, skeletonized, charred, dismembered, etc.), thus making it difficult to obtain an overview of the features and/or lesions suggestive of the dynamics leading to death. CASE REPORT: In this case, the corpse was partly in a state of saponification and partly in a state of mummification with signs of skeletonization. The head, trunk, arms and upper legs were mummified and almost completely dehydrated. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The use of special techniques such as the rehydration of bodies is an ancient practice. Parts of skin in different states of decomposition with the use of rehydration solution represents a useful procedure for the study of some damaging modalities, being able to identify damaged areas characterized by compression/dehydration effects, hidden by the advanced transformative state of the corpse, highlighting very damaged, in which skin normality can no longer be restored.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1120-9135
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7417/CT.2024.5101
ID  - ref1
ER  -