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Testing the utility of porcine and synthetic femora as nonhuman analogs in skeletal trauma...
Porcine and synthetic femora were subjected to concentrated 4‐point bending, modified 4‐point bending, and 3‐point bending to generate diaphyseal fractures. Biomechanical data and fracture patterns were systematically evaluated and compared across different femur types and loadin...
Forensic challenges in a case of suspected filicide, matricide, and post‐mortem...
Familicide represents one of the most complex forms of domestic violence in forensic practice. Among intrafamilial homicides, filicide and matricide pose major medico‐legal and criminological challenges, particularly when autopsy findings are nonspecific or severely altered by po...
Exploring feature variability in digitally captured signatures—Part I: Variability in...
Digitally captured signatures (DCSs) pose new challenges for forensic handwriting examination compared with paper‐based signatures. While DCSs provide spatial coordinates, time and force values for forensic examination, the variability of the features derived from these data rema...
Family mass murder in the United States, 1970–2019: Perpetrator mental health...
Examining perpetrator characteristics of, and risk factors for, different types of mass murder, such as family mass murder — the most common type — could have important ramifications for preventive efforts. Histories of domestic violence and mental illness are of particular i...
Effects of bleach on carcass postmortem microbiomes and necrophagous beetle carcass...
Forensic entomology, and potentially microbiology in the future, can be used during death investigations to corroborate an estimated time since death. Instances where products are introduced to a cadaver, either in attempt to conceal or by accident, can affect decomposition and s...
Forensic analysis of gasoline residues in urban soil samples: Consequences for vehicle...
A substantial proportion of forensic fire investigations involve vehicle arson, where severe thermal damage often limits direct evidence recovery. Consequently, soil samples from the vicinity are frequently analyzed for ignitable liquid residues (ILRs). This study evaluates the f...
Rapid identification of blood using RT‐RPA: A pilot study
This study details the detection of blood remote from a laboratory using a direct recombinase polymerase amplification reaction integrated with a lateral flow assay. The assay targets the ALAS 2 gene; a marker used in mRNA assays for the identification of blood in body fluid assi...
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A PCP overdose death in Northern Virginia
Phencyclidine (PCP), a Schedule II dissociative anesthetic, is no longer prescribed. Recreational use of PCP still exists, often localized to certain metropolitan areas in the United States, including the Baltimore–Washington, D.C. corridor. PCP was detected in 3.07% of the Drivi...
Fatal pediatric neck entrapment in a lift‐up storage bed: A preventable domestic asphyxial...
Bed‐related deaths are rare in forensic practice and are usually associated with falls, restraint‐related entrapment, or unsafe infant sleeping environments. Fatal mechanical asphyxia involving lift‐up storage beds is an exceptional occurrence, and the few published cases involve...