caa a22 4500 475787633 CHVBK 20180406123703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004149900090 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004149900090 Experiences with a compound method for estimating the time since death [Elektronische Daten] II. Integration of non-temperature-based methods [C. Henssge, L. Althaus, J. Bolt, A. Freislederer, H.-T. Haffner, C. A. Henssge, B. Hoppe, V. Schneider] The period since death was estimated at the scene in 72 consecutive cases using the temperature-based nomogram method as the primary method and supplemented by examination of criteria such as lividity, rigor mortis, mechanical and electrical excitability of skeletal muscle and chemical excitability of the iris. A case-oriented, computer-assisted selection of the non-temperature-based methods and integration of the results into a common result of the compound method was made following a special logistic. The limits of the period since death as estimated by the nomogram were improved in 49 cases by including the non-temperature-based methods and also provided results in 4 cases where the temperature method could not be used. In a further 6 cases the non-temperature-based methods confirmed the limits estimated by the temperature method but in 14 cases a useful result could not be obtained. In only one of the cases investigated was the upper limit of the period since death, as estimated by the criterion re-establishment of rigor (8 h post-mortem), in contradiction with the period determined by the police investigations (9.4 h post-mortem). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Time since death nationallicence Compound method nationallicence Practical casework nationallicence Henssge C. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut Althaus L. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut Bolt J. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut Freislederer A. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut Haffner H.-T Institute of Legal Medicine and Traffic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Vossstrasse 2, 69020 Heidelberg, Germany, DE aut Henssge C. A. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut Hoppe B. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut Schneider V. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900090 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900090 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Henssge C. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Althaus L. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bolt J. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Freislederer A. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Haffner H.-T Institute of Legal Medicine and Traffic Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Vossstrasse 2, 69020 Heidelberg, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Henssge C. A. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoppe B. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schneider V. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany, DE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 475787579 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer