... in children.We report a case of a 2-year-old female with no past medical history who presented with homicidal blunt force abdominal injury. The autopsy revealed lacerations in the liver and previously undiagnosed peliosis hepatis. 1 Wayne County Medical Examiner Office, 1300 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI 48207...

...RS Farooque, MD; RG Stout, PhD; FA Ernst, PhD Most of the literature on intimate partner homicide addresses violence between the two partners, spousal abuse, and family violence. There is less focus on the relationship of mental illness, intellectual functioning, and drug and alcohol abuse...

... abuse history likely contributed to her having serially murdered seven victims. KEYWORDS: forensic science, female serial murder, homicide, psychopathy, sexual sadism, modus operandi, crime Recent FBI Uniform Crime Report data indicate there were 14,054 homicides in the United States during 2002 (1...

...AKJ Tardiff, M.D.M.P.H.; Z Wallace; M Tracy; TM Piper, M.P.H.; D Vlahov, Ph.D.; S Galea, M.D.Dr.P.H. In this population-level study, we analyzed how well changes in drug and alcohol use among homicide victims explained declining homicide rates in New York City between 1990 and 1998. Victim...

...LY Tao, M.D.; XP Chen, M.D.; ZH Qin, Ph.D. A few papers in the literature reported incident deaths by acute ketamine poisoning. In this paper, we report an unusual homicide caused by chronic ketamine poisoning. The victim was a 34-year old married woman with no previous medical history (except...

... activity of another person, it is acceptable to rule such deaths as homicides. Presented herein is a case of homicidal cerebral artery aneurysm rupture occuring in an intoxicated, 46-year-old man who was punched in the face by another individual. The details of the case are presented, followed...

...SA Turner, M.D.; JJ Barnard, M.D.; SD Spotswood, M.D.; JA Prahlow, M.D. The sudden death of a person caused by an arrhythmia that is induced by physical and/or emotional stress provoked by the criminal activity of another person is sometimes referred to as “homicide by heart attack.” Published...

...JS Raul, M.D.; A Tracqui, M.D., Ph.D.; B Ludes, M.D., Ph.D. Occipitoatlantal dislocation is usually seen as a fatal injury in traffic accidents and has rarely been reported as a consequence of a homicide. The authors report the case of a woman presenting a fatal occipitoatlantal dislocation...

...SM Drawdy, MA; WC Myers, MD This study examined the correlations between victim/offender relationship and three variables: motive, weapon choice, and number of injuries inflicted. Empirical relationship and motive categories were used. The sample consisted of 57 intentional homicide cases from...

...J-S Raul, MD; L Berthelon, MD; A Geraut, MD; A Tracqui, MD; B Ludes, MD The use of Japanese swords for homicidal attempts is rare. A Japanese samurai sword is a sharp and cutting object. When faced with the use of this weapon, one must distinguish between stabs and incised wounds. Incised wounds...

... by comparison of the pH of tracheal mucosa to controls, was not a factor. 22 08 2002 17 08 2002 01 01 2003 forensic science carbon monoxide smoke inhalation fatality homicide References Terrill   JB , Montgomery   RR , Reinhardt   CF . Toxic gases from fires...

...JA Silva, M.D.; MM Ferrari, M.D.; GB Leong, M.D. Sexual serial homicidal behavior has received considerable attention during the last three decades. Substantial progress has been made in the development of methods aimed at identifying and apprehending individuals who exhibit these behaviors...

...JR Kalin, Ph.D., D-FTCB; RM Brissie, M.D. This report describes a homicide by overdosage with lidocaine. The decedent, a 32-year-old male hospitalized for a lengthy period with acute intermittent porphyria and chronic pancreatitis, suffered apparent asystole and seizure. Failed resuscitation...

... tool for forensic investigations if precautions are taken in handling the exhibits. 02 03 2002 01 03 2002 01 09 2002 forensic science lead isotopes SEM homicide contamination References Stupian   GW . Lead isotope ratio measurements: a potential method...

... are classified by type of crime. Four cases were classified as personal cause homicide, subtype cesarean section homicide; one case classified as personal cause, subtype domestic homicide, and one case clas-sified as a criminal enterprise homicide. The behavioral profiles of the abductors included a confidence...

...JR Meloy, Ph.D. The case of a 63-year-old man who killed his 52-year-old wife and then staged a sexual homicide at a distant location is reported. A review of all evidence, a forensic psychological interview, and psychological testing indicated that the murder was the result of a narcissistic rage...

... investigation of these phenomena in specific homicide cases. Through the analysis of seven cases of homicide, mostly committed by adolescents, the authors introduce five concepts—aggression immersion, theme consistency, scene specificity, repetitive viewing, and self-editing—for advancing such investigations...

...AR Felthous, M.D.; AG Hempel, D.O., M.A.; A Heredia, M.D.; E Freeman, M.D.; K Goodness, Ph.D.; C Holzer, Ph.D.; TJ Bennett, M.D.; WE Korndorffer, M.D. Combined homicide-suicides have been classified based on the psychopathology of the perpetrator and the nature of the relationship between...

...C Schyma, M.D.; P Placidi, M.D. The polyvinyl-alcohol collection method (PVAL) is used in forensic practice to gather topographical information about gunshot residues (GSR) from the hands to decide if the subject has made use of firearms. The results allow a distinction between suicide and homicide...

...A Eriksson, M.D., Ph.D.; B Georén, M.D.; M Öström, M.D., Ph.D. Arrow wounds represent an unusual class of wounds rarely seen by most forensic pathologists. In this paper we present a case of homicide by bow and arrow and the characteristics of such injuries. The essential characteristics...