Citation

Sane MR, Mugadlimath AB, Farooqui JM, Janagond AB, Mishra PK. Med. Leg. J. 2017; 85(4): 190-193.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Indore, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Medico-Legal Society, Publisher SAGE Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0025817217693129

PMID

28954582

Abstract

Serial murders attract attention from the media, mental health experts, academia, and the general public. We present a case of serial murders that took place in a limited area and which caused public anxiety and anguish in central India. All the victims were homeless beggars, who were bludgeoned to death (crush injury). Individual murders were initially investigated by different police stations; fortunately, since they sent all the bodies to a common autopsy centre, a forensic pathologist was able to link all the cases, the first person to do so. This emphasises the need for sharing information among police stations and autopsy centres.

Language: en

Keywords

Homicide; autopsy; criminal; modus operandi