Estimation of early postmortem interval in rats by GC –MS-based metabolomics

Postmortem interval (PMI), an important index in forensics, plays a central role in determining the time point at which an incident occurred, determining whether a suspect had the time to commit a crime, and delimiting the scope of an investigation. Currently, several methods are used to estimate PMI. Early postmortem phenomena, such as, corpse[1], rigor mortis [2], livor mortis [3], and corneal opacity [4]can be used to estimate PMI; however, these studies rely on strong empirical and subjective.

Source: Legal Medicine - December 30, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Zhigui Wu, Xiang Lu, Fan Chen, Xinhua Dai, Yi Ye, Youyi Yan, Linchuan Liao Source Type: research