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An interdisciplinary forensic approach in a mummified child with evidence of abuse and neglect

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Mummification of corpses with partial skeletonization is not an uncommon occurrence in daily forensic work.Cooperation between different forensic fields is important in these cases in terms of obtaining the most accurate and forensically relevant results,especially when child abuse and neglect is suspected.In Central Europe,up to 21％of children are exposed to physical and psychological harm,which is mostly perpetrated by family members.This report describes a case of subadult female mummified remains in which interdisciplinary forensic pathology,forensic anthropology,and entomology input was needed to obtain legally relevant results.Entomological analysis of the fly and beetle species present served primarily to estimate the postmortem interval.External examination confirmed advanced postmortem decomposition of the body.The anthropological findings based on radiographs and analysis of selected bones confirmed various antemortem fractures and post-traumatic changes involving the ribs,the distal portion of the humerus,the nasal bones,and the anterior portions of the maxilla and mandible.Furthermore,non-specific findings of growth arrest(Harris)lines in the distal metaphysis of the right tibia indicated growth retardation and,overall,child neglect.The autopsy findings confirmed subdural blood coagulum,part of which formed a clearly moulded plaster mass that had originally been attached to the cranial vault up to the internal lamina.The findings indicated a post-traumatic condition as the underlying cause of death in this child.Interdisciplinary forensic analyses confirmed that the child had been repeatedly exposed to violent assaults throughout her lifetime.

child abuse and neglectforensic anthropologyforensic pathologymummified remainsgrowth arrest linesinveterate fractures

Norbert Moravanský、Soňa Masnicová、Petra Švábová、Roman Kuruc、Branislav Gális、Radoslav Beňuš

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Institute of Forensic Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,Comenius University,Bratislava,Slovak Republic

Institute of Forensic Medical Expertise,Expert Institute,Bratislava,Slovak Republic

Department of Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences,Academy of Police Forces,Bratislava,Slovak Republic

Department of Anthropology,Faculty of Natural Sciences,Comenius University,Bratislava,Slovak Republic

Department of Forensic Medicine,The Health Care Surveillance Authority,Bratislava,Slovak Republic

Dental Surgery Clinic,University Hospital Bratislava,Bratislava,Slovak Republic

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,Faculty of Medicine,Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava,Bratislava,Slovak Republic

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2024

10.1093/fsr/owae049

法庭科学研究(英文)
司法鉴定科学研究院

法庭科学研究(英文)

ISSN：2096-1790
年,卷(期)：2024.9(3)