São Lucas University Center. Porto Velho, Brazil.
Legal Medical Institute of Porto Velho, Civil Police of Rondônia, Porto Velho, Brazil.
J Forensic Odontostomatol. 2022 Aug 30;40(2):31-37.
Reports of deaths caused by alligators or crocodiles are rare in the literature. These deaths may be related to sharp force trauma caused by the teeth of these animals, with or without mutilation, or even drowning after seizure and submersion of the victim. It is difficult to forensically identify bodies in cases of mutilation of the upper limbs during the attack or when the corpse is in an advanced stage of skeletonization. Smile photographs are an important source of ante-mortem references for comparison. We report a human identification based on a photograph of a victim, with the absence of limbs caused by an alligator attack and the advanced skeletonization stage due to scavenger fish action in the Amazon within only 36 hours after his disappearance. The description of alligator attacks and the marks observed on the victim's body are essential to help medical and forensic professionals diagnose the injuries found and, consequently, define the cause of death.
文献中很少有报道因短吻鳄或鳄鱼而死亡的案例。这些死亡可能与这些动物的牙齿造成的锐利力创伤有关，有或没有残缺，甚至在受害者被抓住并淹没后溺水。在攻击时上肢残缺或尸体处于高度骨骼化阶段时，法医很难识别尸体。微笑照片是比较的重要的生前参考资料来源。我们报告了一个基于受害者照片的人类身份识别案例，由于亚马逊地区食腐鱼的作用，受害者在失踪仅 36 小时后就因短吻鳄袭击而四肢缺失，且处于高度骨骼化阶段。描述短吻鳄的攻击行为以及在受害者身上观察到的痕迹对于帮助医疗和法医专业人员诊断发现的伤害并因此确定死因至关重要。
