Citation

Oesterhelweg L, Ross S, Spendlove D, Schoen CA, Christe A, Thali MJ, Bolliger SA. Leg. Med. (Elsevier) 2007; 9(6): 314-317.

Affiliation

Center Forensic Imaging and Virtopsy at the University of Bern, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Bern, Switzerland. lars.oesterhelweg@irm.unibe.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Japanese Society of Legal Medicine, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.04.006

PMID

17567525

Abstract

Homicides with a survival of several days are not uncommon in forensic routine work. Reconstructions of these cases by autopsy alone are very difficult and may occasionally lead to unsatisfying results. For the medico-legal reconstruction of these cases, ante-mortem and post-mortem radiological imaging should always be included in the expertise. We report on a case of fatal penetrating stab wounds to the skull in which a case reconstruction was only possible by combining the radiological ante- and post-mortem data with the autopsy findings.

Language: en