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Identification by SIM Cards - a Case Report


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Identification is crucial in any criminal investigation particularly in a murder case. In this particular case the police failed to search, the pocket contents of the dead body, and missed an important clue which would have helped them in saving time and prevention of decomposition of the body. As the time passes, because of the decomposition changes there is possibility of important medical evidences. Though the body was kept in cold storage, because of frequent power failures and lack of generator back up, body being in the cold storage for almost more than six days, it started already decomposition. If the doctor is not skilled there is every chance of missing important findings on the body.

This case narrates the importance of searching pocket contents which is simple and easy.


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Unidentified Body, Pocket Contents, SIM Cards, Strangulation, Homicide
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Y Udaya Shankar
DD Medical College and Hospitals, Kunnavalam Post Thiruvallur Tk & DT Chennai - 631210, India

Abstract


Identification is crucial in any criminal investigation particularly in a murder case. In this particular case the police failed to search, the pocket contents of the dead body, and missed an important clue which would have helped them in saving time and prevention of decomposition of the body. As the time passes, because of the decomposition changes there is possibility of important medical evidences. Though the body was kept in cold storage, because of frequent power failures and lack of generator back up, body being in the cold storage for almost more than six days, it started already decomposition. If the doctor is not skilled there is every chance of missing important findings on the body.

This case narrates the importance of searching pocket contents which is simple and easy.


Keywords


Unidentified Body, Pocket Contents, SIM Cards, Strangulation, Homicide

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