TREATMENT OF MUMMIFIED PARTS OF THE BODY BY SOAKING IN A CASE OF DISMEMBERMENT OF A CORPSE

• NCJ Number: 27355
• Journal: Archiv fuer kriminologie Volume: 155 Issue: 5-6 Dated: (MAY-JUNE 1975) Pages: 148-154
• Author(s): U KLAGES
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Schmidt-Roemhild
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

USING FINGERPRINT TESTING PROCEDURES, THE WHOLE HEAD OF A CORPSE IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF MUMMIFICATION WAS SOAKED IN A 3 PERCENT SOLUTION OF SODIUM SULFIDE.

Abstract

THE APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS PROCEDURE FOR IDENTIFYING THE CORPSE ARE DISCUSSED. --IN GERMAN