Using cement-containing powder glue (tile cement) to dispose of a cadaver

A 40 year-old woman was killed by fist and chop blows and buried in a forest area far away from the scene of the homicide. Before covering the body with soil the perpetrator poured 25 kg of tile cement powder over it. When the victim was retrieved 6 weeks later, the cement had hardened covering the...

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Published inArchiv fur Kriminologie Vol. 206; no. 3-4; p. 73
Main Authors Faller-Marquardt, M, Lutz, S, Pollak, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.09.2000
Subjects
Adhesives
Adult
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics
Female
Homicide - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Male
Postmortem Changes
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Summary:A 40 year-old woman was killed by fist and chop blows and buried in a forest area far away from the scene of the homicide. Before covering the body with soil the perpetrator poured 25 kg of tile cement powder over it. When the victim was retrieved 6 weeks later, the cement had hardened covering the body like a plate and encasing it like a sheath. The surface of the tile cement facing towards the body was found to contain two kinds of traces: detailed cast-like reproduction of the textile structures of the victim's clothing and wallpaper-like epidermal adhesions. By means of sequencing the mitochondrial DNA the adherent horny scales could be related to the victim.
ISSN:0003-9225