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Journal of Forensic Sciences

Indoor cats scavenging behind closed doors

We report a rare case of postmortem scavenging by cats in Japan involving the skeletonized remains of a woman in her 80s discovered in a locked, garbage‐filled room. The body was missing many bones, including vertebrae other than the atlas with odontoid process. The remaining bon...

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Elucidating the etiology of idiopathic spontaneous intraperitoneal hemorrhage

Free blood within the abdominal cavity (hemoperitoneum) presents a significant diagnostic and interpretive challenge. It may result from trauma or occur spontaneously in association with underlying disease conditions. When no source of fatal hemorrhage is identified, the implicat...

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