Aquila Isabella, Ausania Francesco, Di Nunzio Ciro, Serra Arianna, Boca Silvia, Capelli Arnaldo, Magni Paola, Ricci Pietrantonio
Chair of Legal Medicine, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, Loc. Germaneto, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
J Forensic Sci. 2014 May;59(3):820-4. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.12401. Epub 2014 Feb 6.
Management of a crime is the process of ensuring accurate and effective collection and preservation of physical evidence. Forensic botany can provide significant supporting evidences during criminal investigations. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the importance of forensic botany in the crime scene. We reported a case of a woman affected by dementia who had disappeared from nursing care and was found dead near the banks of a river that flowed under a railroad. Two possible ways of access to crime scene were identified and denominated "Path A" and "Path B." Both types of soil and plants were identified. Botanical survey was performed. Some samples of Xanthium Orientalis subsp. Italicum were identified. The fall of woman resulted in external injuries and vertebral fracture at autopsy. The botanical evidence is important when crime scene and autopsy findings are not sufficient to define the dynamics and the modality of death.
犯罪管理是确保准确、有效地收集和保存实物证据的过程。法医植物学在刑事调查中可提供重要的辅助证据。本研究的目的是证明法医植物学在犯罪现场的重要性。我们报告了一例患有痴呆症的女性从护理机构失踪，后被发现死于一条流经铁路下方的河流岸边的案件。确定了进入犯罪现场的两种可能途径，分别命名为“路径A”和“路径B”。对两种类型的土壤和植物都进行了鉴定。开展了植物学调查。鉴定出了一些意大利苍耳亚种的样本。该女性摔倒导致尸体解剖时发现有外伤和脊椎骨折。当犯罪现场和尸体解剖结果不足以确定死亡的动态过程和方式时，植物学证据就很重要。
