Homicides involving mutilation or dismemberment of the body tend to instigate strong reactions and media attention, due to their vile nature. The phenomenon has existed for a long period of time and has been studied in forensic journals as far back as 1918 [1].According to Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [2], mutilation is defined as "the act of depriving an individual of a limb, member
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