Missouri's Lakes and the Disposal of Homicide Victims

• NCJ Number: 105533
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 32 Issue: 3 Dated: (May 1987) Pages: 806-809
• Author(s): J D Dix
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 4 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This paper presents the circumstances surrounding the retrieval and subsequent autopsies of four bodies accidently discovered weighted down in Missouri's lakes.

Abstract

The bodies, representing four separate cases of homicide, were sunken for a period of 3 weeks to 10 months. The relationship of adipocere formation to the postmortem interval and the problems of injury interpretation are discussed. (Author abstract)