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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
Volume 159, Issue 1, Pages 55-60Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.09.010
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homicide; dumping; setting in concrete; sealing with bricks
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Homicide with subsequent hiding of the body using setting in concrete or sealing with bricks are rarely seen forensic cases. The article describes the circumstances and findings of six cases in which bodies were encased with concrete and/or bricks. In all cases, the offenders were male, in one case together with his wife and - except for one case - the victims were related to the offender. The causes of death were heterogeneous (suffocation, blunt force, shot) and the motive mainly domestic quarrel. Setting corpses in concrete and/or sealing with bricks does not prevent smell, slows decomposition and therefore complicates the estimation of the post mortem interval. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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