caa a22 4500 475787870 CHVBK 20180406123704.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004149900092 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004149900092 Criminal anticipation of DNA investigations resulting in mutilation of a corpse [Elektronische Daten] [B. Karger, S. P. Rand, B. Brinkmann] A corpse of a female was found in her apartment in a state of advanced putrefaction. Both hands were amputated, the external genitals were excised and the body parts had been removed from the scene. The subsequent investigations proved that the body parts had been severed post mortem. The cause of death was determined to be manual strangulation. A 33-year-old man later confessed that he had strangled the victim 9 days prior to discovery of the body and that he had had sexual intercourse post mortem. According to the confession, the rational motive for the subsequent mutilation was to eliminate biological stains (e.g. semen inside the vagina, epithelial cells below the fingernails from scratching) suitable for forensic DNA analysis. This constitutes a new type of defensive mutilation intended to prevent the identification of the perpetrator. An increase in the occurrence would be detrimental to the elucidation rate of homicides: in a total of 171 homicides investigated at this institute, DNA analysis of biological stains gave reliable evidence in 45 cases. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Mutilation nationallicence Dismemberment nationallicence DNA ¶analysis nationallicence Karger B. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 62, D-48149 Münster, Germany Fax: +49-251-8355158, DE aut Rand S. P. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 62, D-48149 Münster, Germany Fax: +49-251-8355158, DE aut Brinkmann B. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 62, D-48149 Münster, Germany Fax: +49-251-8355158, DE aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900092 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004149900092 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Karger B. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 62, D-48149 Münster, Germany Fax: +49-251-8355158, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rand S. P. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 62, D-48149 Münster, Germany Fax: +49-251-8355158, DE aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brinkmann B. Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Strasse 62, D-48149 Münster, Germany Fax: +49-251-8355158, DE aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer