Adli Entomoloji

Two cases of scavenging postmortem freshwater shrimps (Gammarus pulex) are presented. We report the two first illustrated observations of cutaneous postmortem injuries inflicted by a G. pulex population, a small freshwater crustacean, on two non putrefied drowning victims, and we describe their particular histological features and their potential in forensic investigations.

Article Outline

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Case report 1
• • 2.1. Autopsy findings
  • 2.2. Toxicological results
  • 2.3. Argument for death by drowning
• 3. Case report 2
• • 3.1. Autopsy findings
  • 3.2. Toxicological results
  • 3.3. Arguments for death by drowning
• 4. Histological examination of skin injuries
• 5. Biological, histological and immunohistochemical studies of G. pulex specimens
• 6. Toxicological analysis of shrimps
• • 6.1. Preparation of specimens
  • 6.2. Toxicological methods
  • 6.3. Results
• 7. Discussion
• Acknowledgment
• References

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073811001551