TY - JOUR
T1 - An Aquatic Decomposition Scoring Method to Potentially Predict the Postmortem Submersion Interval of Bodies Recovered from the North Sea
AU - van Daalen, Marjolijn A.
AU - de Kat, Dorothée S.
AU - Oude Grotebevelsborg, Bernice F. L.
AU - de Leeuwe, Roosje
AU - Warnaar, Jeroen
AU - Oostra, Roelof Jan
AU - Duijst-Heesters, Wilma L. J. M.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This study aimed to develop an aquatic decomposition scoring (ADS) method and investigated the predictive value of this method in estimating the postmortem submersion interval (PMSI) of bodies recovered from the North Sea. This method, consisting of an ADS item list and a pictorial reference atlas, showed a high interobserver agreement (Krippendorff's alpha0.93) and hence proved to be valid. This scoring method was applied to data, collected from closed casescases in which the postmortal submersion interval (PMSI) was knownconcerning bodies recovered from the North Sea from 1990 to 2013. Thirty-eight cases met the inclusion criteria and were scored by quantifying the observed total aquatic decomposition score (TADS). Statistical analysis demonstrated that TADS accurately predicts the PMSI (p <0.001), confirming that the decomposition process in the North Sea is strongly correlated to time
AB - This study aimed to develop an aquatic decomposition scoring (ADS) method and investigated the predictive value of this method in estimating the postmortem submersion interval (PMSI) of bodies recovered from the North Sea. This method, consisting of an ADS item list and a pictorial reference atlas, showed a high interobserver agreement (Krippendorff's alpha0.93) and hence proved to be valid. This scoring method was applied to data, collected from closed casescases in which the postmortal submersion interval (PMSI) was knownconcerning bodies recovered from the North Sea from 1990 to 2013. Thirty-eight cases met the inclusion criteria and were scored by quantifying the observed total aquatic decomposition score (TADS). Statistical analysis demonstrated that TADS accurately predicts the PMSI (p <0.001), confirming that the decomposition process in the North Sea is strongly correlated to time
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13258
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13258
M3 - Article
C2 - 28247448
SN - 0022-1198
VL - 62
SP - 369
EP - 373
JO - Journal of forensic sciences
JF - Journal of forensic sciences
IS - 2
ER -