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Death Investigation
"I seldom have nightmares. When I do they are usually flitting images of the everyday things I see on the job: crushed and perforated skulls, lopped-off limbs and severed heads, roasted and dissolving corpses, hanks of human hair and heaps of white bones..."
William R. Maples, Ph.D., Dead Men Do Tell Tales.
Death Investigation Articles
Domestic Violence Homicide, by Vernon J. GeberthAn Objective Overview of Autoerotic Fatalities by Brent Turvey
Knowing Whether Sharp Weapon Injuries Were Sustained During Life or After Death by Dr.'s Sharma & Sharma. A case study of a Homicide from India, discussing some points about sharp weapon injuries. (Note: Graphic Photos).
Ligature strangulation: Not very common but contested too often.
Article on equivocal strangulation/hanging cases by Dr's Sharma & Sharma.
Forensic Anthropology & Archeology Articles
Solving The Osteological Conundrum Of Buried Human Remains: What can your local archaeologist offer?The Forensic Anthropologist by Mann & Ubelaker
The Recovery of Human Remains by Hayden Baldwin
Forensic Entomology Articles
The Role of Entomology in Forensic Investigationsby Katherine Steck-Flynn
Forensic Entomology Special Issue- Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Forensic Entomology: The use of insects in death investigations.
From the RCMP.
Death Investigation Web Sites:
Practical Homicide InvestigationAnil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
American Board of Forensic Entomology
International Forensic Research & Consulting