Kriminelle Leichenzerstückelung

The early stages of investigations into homicides involving disposal of the victim are often marked by considerable information deficits. Because criminal dismemberment of a body is an exceptionally rare event, even lengthy service in the police or forensic medicine profession rarely permits the acquisition of sufficient experience of the particular features of the phenomenology and the experience required for a routine investigative methodology. Therefore, an analysis of the literature on criminal dismemberment of a body going beyond previously published case reports seemed to be needed. With 448 cases, by far the largest collection of data on this topic to date is presented. The study contains a detailed analysis of criminal dismemberment in both single and serial murders. The primary objective was to develop potential approaches to investigations into such crimes.