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2021, Number 2

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Rev Mex Med Forense 2021; 6 (2)

Determination of the Postmortem Interval (PMI) by means of the taphonomic study and insect succession in a partially buried cadaver in Matanzas, Cuba

Monzón-González J, Estupiñán-Rodriguez N, Machín-Guevara Y, Jiménez-Ramírez IL

Language: Spanish
References: 22
Page: 1-12
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ABSTRACT

This article presents a case study from the Team of Work of Forensic Anthropology (ETAF) of the Matanzas Provincial Legal Medicine Service. At the laboratory we examined entomological signs picked up in a cadaver during the ocular technical inspection of the scene of crime, in Vista Hermosa property, located in the southwest area of the city of Matanzas (Cuba). In the spring of 2019, a cadaver, in advanced state of decomposition, was found partially buried in a clandestine grave within semi-bare karst soil with terrarosa sedimentation. Forensic evidence collected identified the following entomological specimens: Diptera (Calliphoridae), Coleoptera (Cleridae), and Dermestidae families present. Taphonomy and the succession of the life cycle of collected insects allowed postmortem Interval (PMI) to be estimated at 7 to 10 days.


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