Froch-Cortis, J., Skarupke, B., Weber, M. and Rothschild, M. A. (2016). Silicone castings on cartilage as tool mark-scientific fingerprints. Rechtsmedizin, 26 (3). S. 169 - 177. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1434-5196

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Abstract

Not infrequently, suicides or homicides are carried out by a sharp or semi-sharp tool through puncture, cut or slash injuries. Such tools have individual features through manufacturing and use that can leave individual-specific marks, especially during penetration of cartilage tissue, so that an unambiguous injury-tool assignment can be made. Since April 2012, in cooperation with the Department of Tool Marks of the Office of Criminal Investigation North Rhine-Westphalia (LKA NRW), Germany, tool marks in cartilage after puncture or cut injuries are secured by AccuTransA (R) casting material at the Institute of Legal Medicine Cologne. Together with the weapon in question, these casts are sent to the LKA NRW for a comparative tool-mark examination. Ten death cases have been included so far in the current project. In one third of the cases, the potential implements used in the crime could be clearly identified as the cause of the injury. The remaining studies provided inconclusive results. There were no false results. The casting of marks in human cartilage and possibly bones, for example by AccuTransA (R) casting material, and the tool-mark examination provide an easy-to-use method for exclusion or identification of the potential implements used in the crime as cause of an injury. In the absence of an alleged murder weapon, these analyses could help investigators make statements about the tool used. The cooperation between the LKA NRW and the Institute of Legal Medicine avoids the transport of body tissue because the casts on the injured cartilage are already taken on the autopsy table. The comparative tool-mark examinations are then carried out in the laboratory of LKA and rated by experts.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Froch-Cortis, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Skarupke, B.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Weber, M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rothschild, M. A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-273935
DOI: 10.1007/s00194-016-0082-5
Journal or Publication Title: Rechtsmedizin
Volume: 26
Number: 3
Page Range: S. 169 - 177
Date: 2016
Publisher: SPRINGER
Place of Publication: NEW YORK
ISSN: 1434-5196
Language: German
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
VALIDATIONMultiple languages
Medicine, LegalMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27393

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