Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval of skeletonized remains: The use of Infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectro-microscopy

Dudley Creagh; Alyce Cameron

doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.03.007

Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval of skeletonized remains: The use of Infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectro-microscopy

Dudley Creagh^*, Alyce Cameron

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Abstract

When skeletonized remains are found it becomes a police task to determine to identify the body and establish the cause of death. It assists investigators if the Post-Mortem Interval (PMI) can be established. Hitherto no reliable qualitative method of estimating the PMI has been found. A quantitative method has yet to be developed. This paper shows that IR spectroscopy and Raman microscopy have the potential to form the basis of a quantitative method.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	225-229
Number of pages	5
Journal	Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Volume	137
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.03.007
Publication status	Published - Aug 2017

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