Citation

Vidanapathirana M, Ruwanpura PR, Ariyaratne D, Karunanayake D. Med. Leg. J. 2015; 83(4): 185-187.

Affiliation

Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817214563905

PMID

25613684

Abstract

Three partially burnt bodies were found in a burnt out bedroom. A candle and matches were found on a partially burnt bed, suggesting accidental deaths. Careful scene analysis and forensic post-mortems demonstrated that this was a multiple murder rather than an accident.

Language: en