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Crime reconstruction in a hit and run over case masquerading as accidental drowning

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Case Report

Author Details : Soibam Neha*, Khangembam Pradipkumar Singh, Thounaojam Meera Devi

Volume : 8, Issue : 3, Year : 2023

Article Page : 121-123

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijfmts.2023.026

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Abstract

In the absence of eye witnesses, crime scene examination along with other corroborative evidence, and a meticulous autopsy, are of prime importance in solving the crime. In this paper, a suspected case of accidental drowning, which on further investigation and medicolegal autopsy, turned out to be a case of homicide, is presented. Further, considering the of the assailants, the importance of knowledge about common methods of concealment of crime may also be reiterated.

Keywords: Drowning, Head injury, Accident, Homicide

How to cite : Neha S, Singh K P, Devi T M, Crime reconstruction in a hit and run over case masquerading as accidental drowning. IP Int J Forensic Med Toxicol Sci 2023;8(3):121-123

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