利用积温法则推测死亡时间1例

昆虫在生长发育过程中须从外界摄取一定的热量才能完成一个发育历期。发育历期所需的温度即积温[1],利用积温法则推测死亡时间,在法医学或法医昆虫学中的应用到目前为止仅见到1例[2]。为了推广应用积温法则推测死亡时间,作者对常见蝇类的发育历期和积温进行了应用研究,现将应用倒计积温法推测死亡时间的案例报告如下,供同行参考。1案例2003年4月5日,在贵州某屋居住的李某(女,39岁)被人发现死在屋内。现场位于五楼1室1厅的卧室内,尸体俯卧在卧室的床底下,双手腕被花皮电线反捆在身后,双脚踝部也被黄色胶电线捆绑。尸体腐败,尸体及周围布满蝇…     

利用积温和昆虫发育历期推测死亡时间的研究

目的积累尸食性蝇类虫态发育历期和积温的资料。方法采用动物尸体作诱饵,分别对自然飞到诱饵上繁殖生长的6种尸食性蝇类的虫态发育历期和积温进行观察研究。结果经过观察,取得了棕尾别麻蝇、丝光绿蝇、紫绿蝇、宽丽蝇、巨尾阿丽蝇、大头金蝇等6种尸食性蝇类的虫态发育历期和积温的基础数据。并采用倒计积温的方法推测实际案例中死者死亡时间,破案后证实推测时间与实际死亡时间一致。结论本文数据可为利用尸食性蝇类虫态育历期的积温推测死亡时间提供依据。     

应用法医微生物学推断死亡时间研究进展

死亡时间推断一直是法医学领域的重点和难点问题。研究发现尸体微生物群落演替规律与死亡时间之间呈现高度相关,其可为死亡时间推断提供新方法。近年来,国内外学者利用法医微生物学理论与方法对存在于不同环境中的尸体死亡时间推断进行了大量研究,丰富了死亡时间推断方法,提高了死亡时间推断的准确性。本文就暴露、埋藏和水中三种环境下尸体菌群演替规律的异同进展作简要综述,以期探讨不同环境下利用法医微生物学推断死亡时间的研究现状、所面临的问题及应用前景。     

核酸与死亡时间的相关性及其检测方法

准确推断死亡时间一直是法医学研究的热点和难点。躯体死后组织细胞自溶,核酸（DNA和RNA）降解,在一定时间内其含量呈下降趋势并与死亡时间有线性关系。文章就核酸降解与死亡时间的相关性及核酸含量的检测方法进行综述,以获得对该技术的全面了解,并对解决死亡时间推断这一法医学难题的应用前景进行初步探讨。     

离体人肝细胞核DNA含量死后变化的图像分析研究

目的应用图像分析技术研究人肝细胞DNA降解与死亡时间的关系。方法选取18例已知死亡时间的人体肝脏,在死后4~36h内每小时进行细胞学涂片、Feu lgen-Vans染色,应用图像分析系统研究肝细胞核平均灰度、平均光度、积分光密度等参数在死后的变化规律。结果在4~36h内随死亡时间的延长,肝细胞核的平均灰度逐渐上升,平均光度、积分光密度逐渐下降,获得了36h内3个参数变化的回归方程。结论肝细胞核的平均灰度、平均光度和积分光密度均与死亡时间有明显的相关性,可望用于推断早期人体死亡时间。     

mRNA在法医学中的应用现状与展望

近年来,随着RNA生物学性质和功能研究的日渐深入,RNA在法医学体液鉴别、斑迹形成时间推断、死亡时间推断、死亡原因分析、损伤时间推断等方面的作用受到了广大法医学研究者的重视,逐渐成为目前法医学应用研究的热点之一。本文综合介绍了mRNA在法医学中的应用现状,并对其未来应用前景进行了展望。     

嗜尸性蝇类种属鉴定研究进展

死亡时间(postmortem interval,PMI)推断一直是困扰法医学工作者的难题之一,尤其是荒郊野外或偏僻屋内的高度腐败尸体更是难以使用常规手段推断PMI,因此常需要借助现场中的昆虫证据来推断。不同种属的蝇类发育时间差异较大,在实际案件中,如果不进行种属鉴定而直接测量蝇蛆体长、计算积温或演替阶段,或是基于错误的种属鉴定来计算,往往会导致推算出的结果与实际PMI之间出现较大偏差,误导案件侦查方向。因此,使用法医昆虫学方法来推断腐败尸体PMI,必须先进行准确的昆虫种属鉴定。本文对嗜尸性蝇类不同虫态的大体和超微形态学种属鉴定以及分子生物学种属鉴定方法进行综述,以期为相关研究和实践提供新思路和新方法,为法医昆虫学在鉴定实践的应用推广提供参考。     

猪肋软骨和肋骨的ATR-FTIR光谱变化与死亡时间的关系

目的应用衰减全反射傅里叶变换红外(attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared,ATRFTIR)光谱技术分析长白猪死后肋软骨和肋骨组织随死亡时间推移的化学降解过程,为死后较长时间段内推断死亡时间提供可行的新途径和方法。方法猪放血处死后取肋软骨和肋骨离体置于20℃环境,后每72 h提取部分组织样本,进行ATR-FTIR光谱分析,并与对应死亡时间点进行相关性分析。结果随死亡时间的延长,肋软骨与肋骨FTIR的主要吸收峰峰位没有发生明显变化,而其部分峰强比出现了不同时序性的变化趋势,并与死亡时间存在良好的相关性,肋软骨较肋骨组织有更好的时序性。结论应用ATRFTIR光谱技术发现死后猪肋软骨和肋骨组织光谱学变化存在一定的规律性,有望成为基于光谱学推断死亡时间的一种新途径。     

脑组织中ATP含量变化与死亡时间关系的初步研究

本文报道用生物发光法测定不同死亡时间狗脑组织中ATP含量的变化．结果表明：随着死亡时间的延长，脑组织中ATP浓度逐渐下降，这对法医在实际检案工作中推断死亡时间有一定的应用价值。     

广东省室内、室外及中毒死亡案件中法医昆虫学的应用报道

基于昆虫的死亡时间推断是目前最为有效和最准确的方法,本文介绍了广东省4例应用昆虫准确判断死亡时间的案例,这些案例分别发生于3月、5月和6月,现场包括室外现场和室内现场,尸体类型包括死亡不久的尸体和高度腐败的尸体,死亡原因包括钝器窒息、锐器致死、勒颈致死及过量药物中毒致死,其中过量药物中毒致死的案例由于体内含有49倍致死剂量的氯氮平从而使昆虫的发育受到严重影响进一步使得死亡时间推断时间结果比真实时间短。     

Do bone elasticity and postmortem interval affect forensic fractographic analyses?

Forensic fractographic features of bone reliably establish crack propagation in perimortem injuries. We investigated if similar fracture surface features characterize postmortem fractures. Experimentally induced peri- and postmortem fractures were used to assess if fractographic features vary as bone elasticity decreases during the postmortem interval (PMI). Thirty-seven unembalmed, defleshed human femoral shafts from males and females aged 33–81 years were fractured at varying PMIs with a drop test frame using a three-point bending setup and recorded with a high-speed camera. Vital statistics, cause of death, PMI length, temperature, humidity, collagen percentage, water loss, fracture energy, and fractography scores were recorded for each sample. Results showed that fractographic features associated with perimortem fractures were expressed in PMIs up to 40,600 accumulated degree hours (ADH), or 60 warm weather days. Hackle was the most consistently expressed feature, occurring in all fractures regardless of ADH. The most variable characteristics were wake features (78.4%) and arrest ridges (70.3%). Collagen percentage did not correlate strongly with ADH (r = −0.04, p = 0.81); however, there was a strong significant correlation between ADH and water loss (r = 0.74, p < 0.001). Multinomial logistic regression showed no association between fractographic feature expression and ADH or collagen percentage. In conclusion, forensic fractographic features reliably determine initiation and directionality of crack propagation in experimentally induced PMIs up to 40,600 ADH, demonstrating the utility of this method into the recent postmortem interval. This expression of reliable fractographic features throughout the early PMI intimates these characteristics may not be useful standalone features for discerning peri- versus postmortem fractures.     

Predicting the Postmortem Submersion Interval for Human Remains Recovered from U.K. Waterways*

Abstract: This article aims to increase accuracy in estimating the postmortem submersion interval (PMSI) for bodies recovered from rivers in the United Kingdom. Data were collected from closed case files, crime scene reports, and autopsy files concerning bodies recovered over a 15‐year period from the River Clyde, Scotland, and the River Mersey and canals in northwest England. One hundred and eighty‐seven cases met the study criteria and were scored by quantifying the overall amount of decomposition observed in each case. Statistical analysis showed that the duration of a body’s submergence in water and the temperatures to which it was exposed, as measured in accumulated degree days (ADD), had a significant effect on the decay process. Further analysis indicated that there were no significant differences in decomposition between the waterways. By combining the data from all study samples, it was possible to produce a single linear regression model for predicting ADD from observed decomposition.     

The Influence of Preburial Insect Access on the Decomposition Rate

Abstract: This study compared total body score (TBS) in buried remains (35 cm depth) with and without insect access prior to burial. Sixty rabbit carcasses were exhumed at 50 accumulated degree day (ADD) intervals. Weight loss, TBS, intra‐abdominal decomposition, carcass/soil interface temperature, and below‐carcass soil pH were recorded and analyzed. Results showed significant differences (p << 0.001) in decomposition rates between carcasses with and without insect access prior to burial. An approximately 30% enhanced decomposition rate with insects was observed. TBS was the most valid tool in postmortem interval (PMI) estimation. All other variables showed only weak relationships to decomposition stages, adding little value to PMI estimation. Although progress in estimating the PMI for surface remains has been made, no previous studies have accomplished this for buried remains. This study builds a framework to which further comparable studies can contribute, to produce predictive models for PMI estimation in buried human remains.     

A Longitudinal Study on Human Outdoor Decomposition in Central Texas

The development of a methodology that estimates the postmortem interval (PMI) from stages of decomposition is a goal for which forensic practitioners strive. A proposed equation (Megyesi et al. 2005) that utilizes total body score (TBS) and accumulated degree days (ADD) was tested using longitudinal data collected from human remains donated to the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF) at Texas State University‐San Marcos. Exact binomial tests examined the rate of the equation to successfully predict ADD. Statistically significant differences were found between ADD estimated by the equation and the observed value for decomposition stage. Differences remained significant after carnivore scavenged donations were removed from analysis. Low success rates for the equation to predict ADD from TBS and the wide standard errors demonstrate the need to re‐evaluate the use of this equation and methodology for PMI estimation in different environments; rather, multivariate methods and equations should be derived that are environmentally specific.     

尸温相关因素推断死亡时间的研究

目的 统计分析影响尸体温度下降多因素和死亡时间的相关性,探索尸温推断死亡时间的创新应用.方法 建立影响尸体温度(直肠温度)下降相关因素的采集标准,收集实践工作中的157例明确死亡时间真实案例的相关数据,根据实际工作经验结合统计学的基本要求对各因素进行量化评分,利用EXCEL和SPSS软件对数据进行处理,采用多元线性回归的方法统计分析各影响系数同死亡时间的相关性.结果 获得了具有统计学意义的回归方程,Y=25.993+0.04X1+0.172X2+0.88X3+0.047X4+0.373X5+0.347X6-0.766X7,决定系数R2=0.876.结论 该方法为尸温推断死亡时间的创新应用,经测试可用于实际工作.     

The theoretical aspects of the time dependent Z equation as a means of postmortem interval estimation using body temperature data only

It has been clearly demonstrated that the rectal cooling curve does not obey Newton's Law, which is exponential. The first success in modelling rectal cooling mathematically was achieved by Marshall and Hoare [1]. An amendment was made to the simple exponential curve which led to a good mathematical model, exhibiting the three main sections of rectal cooling, i.e. lag, linear and quasi-exponential. The resultant method of postmortem interval estimation required a knowledge of the body mass and height. The present study has led to a totally different amendment to Newton's Law, which provides a means of postmortem interval estimation from body temperature data only. The derivation of the method, with a background on Newton's Law follows.     

Vitreous Humor: Biochemical Constituents in Estimation of Postmortem Interval*,†

Abstract: Analysis of biochemical constituents of the vitreous humor can be useful in determining the postmortem interval as there is proportionate postmortem rise of potassium and fall in sodium concentration. We studied 120 autopsy cases to determine the utility of potassium, sodium, calcium, and chloride levels, and sodium/potassium ratio in estimating the postmortem interval. There was a linear relationship between vitreous potassium concentration and postmortem interval, whereas an inverse relationship between vitreous sodium/potassium ratio and postmortem interval was noted. Other factors like age, sex, cause of death, season of death, and refrigeration of sample did not influence the vitreous humor potassium values. Using the statistical tools, a new formula was derived to determine the postmortem interval based on the potassium concentration and a review of previous literature is presented. Hence, the findings of this study supported a central role of vitreous humor biochemistry in many postmortem forensic and pathological evaluations.     

兔死后角膜内皮细胞核DNA降解随死亡时间变化规律

目的研究兔死后角膜内皮细胞核DNA降解与死亡时间的关系。方法应用单细胞凝胶电泳(SCGE)技术结合荧光显微镜和专业的计算机图像分析技术,检测27只家兔死后48h内不同时间点角膜内皮细胞核DNA降解情况。结果家兔死后角膜内皮细胞产生彗星现象,彗星样细胞出现率于兔死后6h开始逐渐增加。死后6～18h彗星样细胞出现率增加缓慢,死后24～36h出现率上升较快;死后36～48h彗星样细胞出现率上升缓慢,但仍始终保持在较高的水平上(M185.4%),其回归方程为y=-0.0096x2+2.4548x+5.7964,与死亡时间呈正相关(R2=0.9743)。结论家兔死后角膜内皮细胞彗星样细胞出现率随死亡时间增加而逐渐增加。     

大鼠尸体组织电阻抗的死后变化及与死亡时间的关系

目的探讨躯体组织的电阻抗的死后变化规律，寻找推断死后经过时间的新方法。方法用阻抗测量仪测量大鼠胃壁、腹壁、躯干、胸部、腹部、腹部皮肤、头皮等处不同死后经过时间的电阻抗。结果大鼠躯体组织的电阻抗随着死后经过时间的延长存在规律性变化。这些结果告诉我们，有望通过测量死后人体躯体组织的电阻抗，利用其死后变化规律，推断人体死后经过时间。     

家兔急性胰腺炎死后不同时间眼玻璃体液淀粉酶变化

目的探讨急性胰腺炎死后不同时间眼玻璃体液淀粉酶变化。方法用1%牛胆酸钠诱导家兔急性胰腺炎动物模型建立,于死后不同时间和正常对照组,观察其淀粉酶变化。结果家兔急性胰腺炎死后72h眼玻璃体液淀粉酶含量(x)与死亡时间(y)存在相关关系,并导出其二项式回归方程为y=8.7420 0.7699x-0.0083x2(R2=92.62792,F=14.89734,P=0.001)。可作为推定早期损伤时间的参考指标。结论家兔急性胰腺炎死后不同时间眼玻璃体液淀粉酶改变为法医早期死亡时间推断提供了灵敏客观的实验依据。