Wells Jeffrey D
Department of Biological Sciences and International Forensic Research Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199.
J Forensic Sci. 2019 Mar;64(2):634-637. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.13912. Epub 2018 Sep 24.
Several authors claimed that a forensic entomological analysis can never be interpreted as the postmortem interval (PMI), but that it can be interpreted as a minimum postmortem interval (PMI ), or dead for not less than X amount of time. Because in most instances, a PMI estimate should be a range, that is, the set of values from maximum postmortem interval (PMI ) to PMI , objections to PMI estimation are objections to PMI estimation. The arguments for this position did not address the substantial body of literature describing estimation of both PMI and PMI using insect succession analysis. This report reviews the scientific issues and presents a recent homicide investigation in which several forensic entomology experts used the absence of carrion insects on the corpse, a kind of succession analysis, to estimate PMI or PMI .
几位作者声称，法医昆虫学分析绝不能被解释为死后间隔时间（PMI），但可以被解释为最短死后间隔时间（PMI），即死亡时间不少于X时长。因为在大多数情况下，PMI估计应该是一个范围，即从最长死后间隔时间（PMI）到PMI的一组值，所以对PMI估计的异议就是对PMI估计的异议。这一立场的论据并未涉及描述使用昆虫演替分析来估计PMI和PMI的大量文献。本报告回顾了相关科学问题，并介绍了最近一起凶杀案的调查情况，在该案件中，几位法医昆虫学专家利用尸体上没有食腐昆虫这一情况（一种演替分析）来估计PMI或PMI。
