In India, the inquest is carried out by the police, or the magistrate, or both.
The police officer provided us with the photographs of the scene where the dead body was found in an unusual position [Figures [Figures1 1 and Figure 2. The investigations in this case had not proceeded further because the victim was unidentified. Time since death was estimated to be between 6 and 12 h. Autopsy findings were consistent with a death due to ligature strangulation. No other injuries were noted elsewhere on the body. Contusions were present on the either sides in and around the muscles.
A horizontal ligature mark was seen completely encircling the neck. Postmortem hypostasis was found to be fixed on the back of the trunk of the dead body. The body was found in an unusual position at about 7 am, when the temperatures at that place ranged between 21☌ and 27☌ in the past 6 h.ĭuring autopsy, we found rigor mortis, well established, all over the body, in an unusual position, as seen in the photographs taken at the scene, where the dead body was found. Autopsy was carried out after 3 h from the time of finding the dead body in an isolated place at the suburbs of Bangalore, India. We report this case, where the dead body was lying on its back with raised limbs defying the gravity, due to rigor mortis.ĭead body of an unknown female aged about 25 years was brought for medico legal autopsy with an unknown history, but with the suspicion of a murder. It is rare to find a dead body in an unusual position, far away from the scene of occurrence of crime.
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A dead body without decomposition, lying on its back with limbs raised in the air, indicates that the body reached full rigidity elsewhere.Įxperienced forensic pathologists, invariably, have seen rigor mortis in unusual positions, but there are few descriptions of it in the forensic literature. Position of the body in which the rigor mortis is established is indicative of the position of the body at the time of death, unless the position is disturbed by external forces or putrefaction.Įven the body posture at the scene of death, sometimes, needs correct forensic interpretations. Rigor mortis helps in estimating the time since death as well to ascertain if the body had been moved after death. Rigor mortis is a postmortem change resulting in the stiffening of the body muscles due to chemical changes in their myofibrils.
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