Publication: The paradigm of interdisciplinarity in forensic investigation. A case in Southeastern Spain
Authors
García, María-Dolores ; Arnaldos Sanabria, María Isabel ; Lago, Vicente ; Ramírez, Manuel ; Ubero, Nicolás ; Prieto, Joaquín ; Presa, Juan-José ; Luna, Aurelio
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Elsevier
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2020.101817
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© 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This document is the Submitted Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Legal Medicine. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2020.101817
Abstract
The paper presents the procedure followed to fully solve a forensic case which occurred in Southeastern Spain
through the collaboration of specialists from different scientific areas belonging to two different government
institutions, a public University and the Guardia Civil. Entomological evidence was required to estimate the PMI
in order to settle the perimortem circumstances. Piophila megastigmata (Diptera: Piophilidae) is reported for the
first time from a forensic case in Spain, enhancing the interest of its presence in corpses to estimate the PMI. The procedure followed for each scientific specialist is detailed and the possibilities and requirements of each
discipline are discussed in detail. Taking into account that institutional interdisciplinary collaboration is not a
rule in solving cases of forensic investigation in Spain, the relevance and need of such interdisciplinary
collaboration in solving cases of forensic investigation is emphasized.
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Citation
Legal Medicine 48 (2021) 101817
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