Citation

Lüderwald S, Zinka B. Forensic Sci. Int. 2008; 180(2-3): e1-e5.

Affiliation

Department of Legal Medicine, University of Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 26, 80336 München, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.06.011

PMID

18706775

Abstract

During the years 2004-2006, seven divers, who had deadly accidents, underwent post-mortem examination at the Institute of Legal Medicine of the University of Munich. The cause of death in all divers was drowning with typical pathomorphological findings. This should be regarded as separated to the triggering reason for drowning. The trigger for accident was established in four of seven cases by technical analysis and police investigation. High risk-taking, lack of technical service, and deficiency of dive equipment care were main reasons for death. We present two of these cases which showed several problems occurring concurrently. Autopsy always is necessary to look for indices for application of force or to exclude competitive reasons for death.

Language: en