The significance of medico-legal findings for behavioural analysis in unsolved homicide cases

Survey of medico-legal investigation of homicides in the city of Turku, Finland

“…[24][25][26][27][28][29] In the present study, the value of the forensic pathologist's possible contribution to the investigation at the scene-of-the-crime had been overlooked in far too many instances, as the scene was visited only in 16% of the cases. The files did not reveal if the cause for this procedure was based on the investigating police officers' or the forensic pathologists' decision.…”

A Medico-legal Perspective on the Practice of Garrotting

“…When a ligature is extremely accurate and/or complicated and/or symmetrical, or body parts are also tied together that usually do not need restraint, a sexual intention or torture as a motive should be considered as a possibility (Schröera et al 2003). The restraint should consequently be evaluated as either functional – achieving the desired objectives of torture – or of a sexual nature.…”