Nouma Y, Ben Amar W, Zribi M, Bardaa S, Hammami Z, Maatoug S
Forensic Department, University Hospital Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia.
Forensic Department, University Hospital Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisia; Faculty of Medicine of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2016 Nov;44:120-127. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2016.10.005. Epub 2016 Oct 11.
We report a case of a Tunisian footballer who was found dead abroad under suspicious circumstances. The cause of death was, originally, attributed to a lightning strike. The corpse was buried without/autopsy. Over thirty years later, the family requested the exhumation to verify the identity and the cause of death. The exhumation was performed in 2011. DNA profiling from teeth and femur bone samples confirmed the identity of the deceased. The dry bone study revealed defects in the skull and the pelvis evoking firearm injuries. Post-mortem CT with three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction allowed to confirm the characteristics of firearms injuries and to speculate about the number and the trajectories of potential shots. Nevertheless, the vitality of these injuries as well as the eventual fatal shot and the shooting distance could not be determined. Likewise, the type of the eventual weapon could not be clarified as there were no bullets or any metallic projectile fragments. Despite all doubts, the forensic explorations have allowed to verify the identity of the deceased, to evoke firearms injuries and, mainly, to deny the proposed cause of death after more than thirty years of burial. Moreover, the loss of soft tissues and bone fragility were the major obstacles.
我们报告了一例突尼斯足球运动员的案例，他被发现死于国外，死因可疑。最初，死亡原因被归咎于雷击。尸体未经尸检就被埋葬了。三十多年后，家属请求挖掘尸体以核实身份和死因。挖掘工作于2011年进行。对牙齿和股骨样本进行的DNA分析确认了死者的身份。骨骼研究发现颅骨和骨盆有损伤，疑似枪伤。尸体解剖CT三维（3-D）重建有助于确认枪伤特征，并推测可能的枪击次数和弹道。然而，这些损伤的生前情况、最终致命枪击以及射击距离无法确定。同样，由于没有子弹或任何金属弹片，最终使用的武器类型也无法明确。尽管存在诸多疑问，但法医检查已核实了死者身份，发现了枪伤，主要是在埋葬三十多年后否定了最初提出的死因。此外，软组织缺失和骨骼脆弱是主要障碍。
