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Vehicle‐assisted suicidal strangulation: A case report and literature review
Vehicle‐assisted suicidal strangulation is an unusual method of suicide where the victim completes suicide by pulling a ligature tied around their neck using the acceleration of the vehicle they are driving. This report describes a case of a 48‐year‐old man who completed suicide ...
A feasibility study of chromatographic methods with mass spectrometry, flame ionization...
This study compares the feasibility of several chromatographic systems, including GC–MS/FID/μECD, GC–MS/MS, and LC–MS/MS for the forensic analysis of trace levels of organic gunshot residue (OGSR). Implementing new methods in forensic laboratories is a complex process fraught wit...
Unintentional fatal overdose of veterinary levamisole in a human subject
Cases of levamisole overdose without coingestants in human subjects are rare. Existing knowledge of human toxicity depends in part on records of adverse events of therapeutic use such as nausea, vomiting, headache, and rarer central nervous system effects. Much of our knowledge a...
Differentiating intentional ketamine use from unintentional exposure as an adulterant...
Recreational ketamine use and related adverse outcomes have been increasing; however, correct diagnostic classification of quantitative oral fluid test results remains challenging, considering the potential for unintentional exposure to ketamine as an adulterant in other drugs. W...
Stakeholders' perspectives on integrating point‐of‐care diagnostics into forensic death...
Unnatural and unexplained deaths present critical challenges to the criminal justice, medico‐legal, and public health systems. This study explored forensic professionals' perspectives on the integration of point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostics into unnatural death investigations i...
Homicide–suicide in three regions of the Czech Republic: A retrospective autopsy‐based...
Homicide–suicide (H–S) is a rare but highly consequential form of fatal violence in which one or more homicides are followed by the perpetrator's suicide. Although H–S has been reported in several countries, systematic forensic data from the Czech Republic remain limited. Th...
Evaluation of bone preparation approaches using length‐based analysis and targeted...
Advances in DNA technology have significantly enhanced the forensic community's ability to develop genetic profiles from unidentified human skeletal remains. However, sampling requires mechanical grinding of hard tissues before DNA isolation. This processing can compromise g...
New York State's evidential oral fluid testing program
Oral fluid is a viable alternative to traditional sample matrices used in driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) casework. Oral fluid offers several advantages including rapid collection relative to the time of incident, ease of collection, and the ability to detect all rout...
ASB Newsletter – June 19, 2026
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First record of the forensically important genus Protopiophila Duda (Diptera: Piophilidae)...
The family Piophilidae is of significant forensic importance due to its association with late‐stage decomposition; however, the Korean piophilid fauna remains poorly studied, lacking comprehensive morphological and molecular data. This study reports the first record of the genus ...