A Rapidly Skeletonized Dead Body in Late Summer: A Case Report.
10.7580/kjlm.2014.38.3.126
- Author:
Hongil HA
;
Sang Beom LIM
;
Jeong Mok KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Postmortem change;
Skeletonization;
Autopsy
- MeSH:
Autopsy;
Cadaver;
Friends;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Parents;
Postmortem Changes;
Rubber;
Skeleton*
- From:Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2014;38(3):126-128
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
In the following report, we describe the case of a rapidly skeletonized corpse discovered in late summer. On the first day of September, a 57-year-old man was found almost completely skeletonized on a hill behind his house. His body lay prone, accompanied by a brush cutter at the entrance to the graveyard where his friend's parents were buried. His cap, clothes, and rubber boots were all intact and undamaged. Upon autopsy, no definite abnormalities were identified except for an old linear fracture on the frontoparietal bone. According to his friends and neighbors, he had likely died 8 or 9 days prior to the discovery of his body.
