Department of Forensic Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 4, PL-50-345, Wrocław, Poland.
Centre for Forensic Biology and Entomology, Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, PL-51-148, Wrocław, Poland.
Int J Legal Med. 2022 Nov;136(6):1829-1840. doi: 10.1007/s00414-022-02855-5. Epub 2022 Jun 24.
It is extremely rare for table salt to be used to preserve a dead body in criminal cases. In the case presented here, after the death of his 85-year-old mother, a son kept her body preserved in table salt for about 2 years to extort social benefits (pension). Before her death, the woman had been hospitalised twice due to chronic diseases. The case has been examined by the multi-disciplinary team. The unusual conditions in which the corpse was stored influenced its good condition (close to mummification), with limited colonisation of the corpse by necrophagous insects and insects involved in soft tissue biolysis (i.e. selected Diptera or Coleoptera). The use of table salt inhibited the growth of most fungi which would normally be present on a corpse stored in ambient conditions, and the corpse's surface was colonised by halophilic fungus (Scopulariopsis brevicaulis).
在刑事案件中，极少见用食盐来保存尸体的情况。在本案例中，一位儿子在其 85 岁的母亲去世后，用食盐保存其尸体约 2 年，以骗取社会福利（养老金）。在去世前，该女子因慢性病已住院两次。该案例已由多学科小组进行了检查。尸体所处的不寻常储存条件使其状况良好（接近木乃伊化），腐食性昆虫和参与软组织溶解的昆虫（即选择的双翅目或鞘翅目）对尸体的定殖有限。食盐的使用抑制了大多数真菌的生长，这些真菌通常存在于在环境条件下储存的尸体上，并且尸体表面被嗜盐真菌（短帚霉）定植。
