Autopsy Findings on a Corpse With Blunt Trauma Suspected Murder (Case Report)

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10.2991/assehr.k.201209.342How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Blunt Trauma, Murder, Autopsy

Abstract

In some cases of morbid deaths, especially bodies found in water, researchers need the help of a forensic pathologist to determine whether the deaths were due to suicide. A 58-year-old man, fully clothed, was found at the port of Tanjung Perak in a state of float on his stomach. Initially, investigators thought it was a case of suicide. The body arrived at the Forensic Medicine Installation on March 20, 2020, at 6 p.m with SPVR Police Number: B / 027 / III / 2020 / SPKT. On external examination, there were several abnormalities, postmortem hypostasis in the back, several tearing wounds, bruises, abrasions and a palpable crackle of bones in the sternum. At autopsy, there were several signs of asphyxia, blood absorption in the neck muscles, chest muscles and head of the pancreas, fractures of the right and left ribs that tore the heart muscle. Histopathology, found signs of intravital injury to the heart muscle. In cases of suicide there are usually no rib fractures and penetrating injuries to the heart muscle. If the body is found floating in a prone position then hypostasis will be most evident on the front of the body. The discovery of an intravital sign in a penetrating injury to the heart muscle is unlikely to occur in suicide. Based on the findings of an external examination and an autopsy, the case was suspected murder.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Puji Rahayu
AU  - Ahmad Yudianto
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/14
TI  - Autopsy Findings on a Corpse With Blunt Trauma Suspected Murder (Case Report)
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Law, Government and Social Justice (ICOLGAS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 595
EP  - 603
SN  - 2352-5398
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