ArticleForensic science international. Synergy2025
When insect development meets insect succession: Advantages of combining different methods and insect taxa in estimating the post-mortem interval.
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- Initial blow fly development and larval mass formation in a funeral home cooler: analysis of insect evidence in the suspected desecration of a cadaver.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Article
- Interval estimation of thermal summation parameters in forensically important insects.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Insects are frequently used to estimate post-mortem interval (PMI). Experts usually base their estimates on a single insect taxon and use a single estimation method, even if multiple taxa are present on a cadaver or multiple methods can be applied. In this article we present a case report where multiple insect evidence and methods were used in a homicide case to estimate PMI. Since the true PMI was known, we were able to assess the estimation errors of each method as applied to particular insect evidence. The final grand PMI was derived from a developmental estimate based on third instar larvae of
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