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Citation |
Reddy KSN. Am. Educ. Res. J. 1973; 2: 351-374. |
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(Copyright © 1973, American Educational Research Association, Publisher SAGE Publishing) |
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Abstract |
A case of identification of dismembered parts is described. Captain K. Nagaraju, a doctor in the Indian Army, killed his wife and daughter by manual strangulation in a train during their journey from Delhi to Secunderabad. In a hotel bathroom at Secunderabad he neatly dismembered his wife's body into portions convenient for transport, and dumped them at various places in a nearby tank to cover up the crime. The left lower limb was carried by a stray dog to nearby residential quarters, which was the starting point of the police investigation. The search of the bank of the tank led to the recovery of most of the parts. The police investigation and the medical examination established the identity of the deceased and the culprit. The technique of superimposition has been described in detail. Faced with the evidence and to cheat the gallows, the culprit committed suicide. |