The bodies of two missing children in an enclosed underground environment
The bodies of two missing children in an enclosed underground environment
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DOI：
10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.12.007
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发表时间：
2011-04-15
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Campobasso, Carlo P.
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作者：
Introna, Francesco;De Donno, Antonio;Campobasso, Carlo P.
2006年6月5日（下午6点30分），两名分别为11岁和13岁的儿童失踪，他们来自意大利南部的一个小镇。失踪后不久，寻找失踪儿童的行动就开始了。广播公司迅速播发了失踪儿童的特征描述，促使整个社区协助寻找并安全找回儿童。然而，一切努力都徒劳无功，搜寻持续了一年多。在寻找失踪儿童的过程中，调查人员收集到了足够指控孩子父亲的证据，他在孩子失踪17个月后被捕。他被指控绑架、谋杀以及藏匿两具尸体。他从不承认罪行，声称自己是无辜的。定罪三个月后，一名消防员在一口20多米深的井旁边的一个地下干蓄水池中发现了两具尸体。尸体保存完好，几乎呈木乃伊状，只有少数身体部位骨化。根据牙科记录，他们被确认为是1年半前失踪的两名儿童。有昆虫活动极少的迹象，这与皮肤快速脱水的情况合理相符。尸检显示没有与勒死或囚禁相符的防御性伤痕或绳索勒痕的迹象，但在一些部位有与从较低至中等高度坠落相符的中轴骨骼骨折。哥哥的尸体有严重损伤，有近期出血的迹象，肠道内容物分析与最后一餐相符，这提供了足够的证据来确定其存活时间很短。较小的孩子有轻伤，有陈旧出血的迹象，胃和肠道排空时间与在黑暗寒冷的蓄水池中独自度过大约3 - 4天的较长存活时间相符。估计死后间隔（PMI）约为20个月，主要是根据昆虫演替的模式。基于这些物证，2008年3月4日，在定罪4个月以及两具尸体被发现40天后，孩子的父亲最终从监狱获释，并被免除先前的谋杀指控。（C）2010爱思唯尔爱尔兰有限公司。保留所有权利。
Two young children, respectively 11 and 13 years old, originally from a small town of Southern Italy, were missing on 5 June 2006 (06:30 p.m.). Soon after their disappearance, the search for the missing children began. Broadcasters promptly transmitted a description of the missing children, pushing the entire community to assist in the search and safe recovery of the children. However, every effort was in vain, and the search went on for more than 1 year. During the missing-child search, the investigators collected enough evidence against the father, who was arrested 17 months after the children's disappearance. He was indicted for kidnapping, homicide and concealment of the two bodies. He never confessed to the crimes and claimed to be innocent.Three months after the conviction, a fireman found the two corpses in a subterranean, dry cistern next to a well over 20 m deep. The bodies were well preserved, almost mummified, with only few body-parts skeletonised. Based on dental records, they were identified as those of the two children, who had gone missing 1.5 years before. Signs of a very low insect activity were present, reasonably consistent with a rapid skin dehydration. The autopsy showed no signs of defence injuries or ligature consistent with strangulation or captivation, except for fractures of the axial skeleton at a number of points consistent with a fall from a low-medium height. The body of the elder brother presented major injuries with signs of recent haemorrhages and gut content analysis consistent with the last meal, which provided enough evidence to ascertain a very short survival time. The younger child showed minor injuries, signs of old haemorrhages and gastric-and intestine-emptying time consistent with a longer survival time of approximately 3-4 days, spent alone in the dark and cold cistern. A long post-mortem interval (PMI) of approximately 20 months was estimated, mainly from the pattern of insect succession. Based on such physical evidence, on 4 March 2008, 4 months after conviction and 40 days after the recovery of the two bodies, the father was finally released from prison and exonerated from previous indictment of homicide. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.