IDENTIFICATION OF MUTILATED BODY; A CASE REPORT
Renny Sumino (a*); Tutik Purwanti (b); Soekry Ervan Kusuma (a); Muhammad Afiful Jauhani (a, c)
a) Departement of Forensic Medicine and Medicolegal, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga-Dr Soetomo General Hospital
*rennysumino4n6[at]gmail.com
b) Kediri Bhayangkara Police Hospital
c) Postgraduate Student, Faculty of Law, Universitas Hang Tuah
Abstract
Mutilation have increased in prevalences. It still become a challenge for forensic pathologist and legal practitioner. Forensic pathologist must be able to identify victims identities and assist criminal investigators in determining the causes and mechanisms of death for law enforcement efforts. Criminal investigators will ask assistance from forensic pathologist to examinate the bodies according to article 133 paragraph 1 of the criminal procedure law. In early March 2019, Blitar was horrified by the discovery of a headless body packed in a suitcase. Eight days after the discovery of a headless body, a head without bodies was found on a river in Kediri. From DNA analysis it can be ascertained that the body part is a 28-year-old male who was decapitated at the base of the neck which was confirmed by matching the wound to each mutilated part
Keywords: identification, mutilation, mutilated body
Topic: Law, Police and Forensic