Citation

Dettling A, Strohbeck-Kühner P, Schmitt G, Haffner HT. Arch. Kriminol. 2001; 208(1-2): 48-53.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Verlag Schmidt-Romhild)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11591059

Abstract

The report describes a case of post-mortem scavenging by a songbird. A married couple had opened the cage of an astrild (finch) prior to their joint death. The body of the wife showed unusual patchy epidermal lesions on parts of the body not covered by the clothing, which were obviously caused by the songbird. According to the observations made by Roll and Rous they are attributable to "pecking and pulling". The behaviour of the bird was most probably due to lack of fluid.

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Keywords

Aged; Bites and Stings; Female; Humans; Male; Postmortem Changes; Skin; Songbirds; Suicide