ISSN: 0022-1198
Published Online: 1 July 1985
Page Count: 9

Collection of Trace Evidence from Bombing Victims at Autopsy
Laposata, EA
St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO

(Received 22 September 1984; accepted 9 November 1984)

Abstract

The body recovered from the scene of a bombing may contain important trace evidence that links the suspect to the crime. Recognizing the lack of guidelines for evidence removal from the body, we have prepared a protocol to guide the pathologist in the collection of trace evidence from the bombing victim. Case material used in the development of the protocol included 13 bombing fatalities reported to the St. Louis Medical Examiner's Office since 1975.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, trace evidence, explosives, blast, explosions, explosive residue, forensic radiology

Paper ID: JFS11011J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11011J
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