What’s that yellow powder? A nuclear forensic case study

The current digital era is full of digital devices and to ensure the safety of their data, users utilize the protective armor of passwords using the fingerprints lock, face lock, pin codes and password locks. The trial-and-error method possesses an infinite possibility of passwords in patterns/ pin locks for unlocking the devices. The levels of security ensure that only a limited number of trials are possible before any device blocks itself or makes unlocking harder. In these circumstances, especially when a victim is a deceased person (e. g. an abetment in suicide case), the password is practically impossible to attain through the authorities. However, the data can be retrieved with the unique and distinctive method of Chip-off analysis. In this study, a password protected mobile phone was retrieved from a deceased individual and only the analysis of his/her mobile could lead to investigative insights for catching the perpetrator. The Chip-off method has several difficulties and a password/ pin protected device increases the difficulties for analysis several folds. This study highlights the significance of chip-off analysis in achieving accurate importing and extraction of maximum data along with the use of the hardware/software, MSAB, XRY and other software.

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Application of Y-STR typing in solving a forensic case: A case study

International Journal of Medical Toxicology & Legal Medicine ◽

10.5958/0974-4614.2019.00074.3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (3and4) ◽

pp. 127

Author(s):

Amany A. Abdulhakim Moussa ◽

Mohammed A. Al-Ramadi ◽

Adel M. A. Elberry ◽

Fadwa A. Elroby

Keyword(s):

Str Typing ◽

Forensic Case

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Analysis of Writing Inks by Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry – A Forensic Case Study

Microscopy and Microanalysis ◽

10.1017/s1431927610059945 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (S2) ◽

pp. 390-391

Author(s):

A Schnieders ◽

AH Lyter ◽

N Havercroft

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽

Time Of Flight ◽

Ion Mass Spectrometry ◽

Forensic Case ◽

Secondary Ion

Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2010 in Portland, Oregon, USA, August 1 – August 5, 2010.

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After the Flood: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Human Remains Found in a Floodplain and First Record of Raft Spiders Colonizing a Corpse

Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences ◽

10.24191/jchs.v6i1(special).13166 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1(Special)) ◽

pp. 68

Author(s):

Edda E. Guareschi ◽

Paola A Magni

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Human Remains ◽

First Record ◽

The Body ◽

Manner Of Death ◽

Flooding Event ◽

Terrestrial Environments ◽

Forensic Case ◽

Floodplain Area

In the analysis of any forensic case, the estimation of time, cause and manner of death is affected by post-mortem changes. These are inextricably linked to both intrinsic characteristics of the body and a variety of external factors, mainly environmental, such as the presence and types of scavengers. While there are several research and case-studies on terrestrial environments, there is scant knowledge regarding aquatic environments, either stable or cyclical/seasonal. At present, no case studies have considered human remains discovered in the mud, following a flooding event. This case study describes a body discovered in a floodplain area in northern Italy. After a flood event, the water progressively drained out, leaving the body in the mud. Besides the unique conditions of the remains, of particular interest was the colonization by larvae of Calliphora vomitoria (L.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and raft spiders, Dolomedes fimbriatus (Clerck) (Araneae: Pisauridae), for thefirst-time recorded colonizing a corpse. The multidisciplinary approach to such an investigation is described.

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Orestes in Southern California: A Forensic Case of Matricide

The Journal of Psychiatry & Law ◽

10.1177/009318539602400105 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 77-102 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

J. Reid Meloy

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Schizoaffective Disorder ◽

Southern California ◽

Unusual Case ◽

Real Life ◽

Developmental Trauma ◽

Forensic Case

The author presents an unusual case study of matricide, one in which the perpetrator, a 33-year-old poet and actor, acted out the role of Orestes in real life. The biogenic basis of his mental illness, schizoaffective disorder, was exacerbated by a developmental trauma—the loss of his father to polio and of his mother to psychosis—as a toddler. The only psychotic avenue to his masculine identification and separation from his mother as an adult was murder.

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A FORENSIC CASE STUDY: Human Factors Issues Involved in a Fall Down an Elevator Shaft

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181321651244 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 65 (1) ◽

pp. 312-316

Author(s):

Leah S. Hartman ◽

Stephanie A. Whetsel Borzendowski ◽

Alan O. Campbell

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Human Capabilities ◽

Hazard Management ◽

Her Family ◽

Locking Mechanism ◽

Rental Property ◽

Forensic Case ◽

Elevator Door ◽

Different Levels

This case study involves a woman (Mrs. V) who was renting a beach property for a vacation with her family. The rental property included a residential elevator that connected the garage to the three different levels of the property. On the second night of the vacation, Mrs. V fell asleep on the first-floor couch. After waking in the early hours of the night, she went to utilize the first-floor restroom. After opening the door, she believed was the restroom, she stepped across the threshold. Unbeknownst to her, she had been able to open the elevator door and fell down the empty shaft. It was determined that a failed locking mechanism allowed her to access the elevator shaft without the car being at the same level. The Human Factors consultants had to address numerous factors including hazard management, warnings, human capabilities navigating in low-level lighting, and the effect of alcohol.

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