Authors:
Pudji Hardjanto
1
;
Simon Martin Manyanza Nzilibili
2
and
Ahmad Yudianto
3
Affiliations:
1
Forensic Science Program, Post Graduate School Universitas Airlangga, 4-6 Airlangga Rd., 60286 Surabaya – Indonesia., Criminal Investigative Unit, Polrestabes Surabaya and Indonesia., Indonesia
;
2
Forensic Science Program, Post Graduate School Universitas Airlangga, 4-6 Airlangga Rd., 60286 Surabaya – Indonesia., Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender Elderly and Children and Dodoma – Tanzania, Tanzania
;
3
Forensic Science Program, Post Graduate School Universitas Airlangga, 4-6 Airlangga Rd., 60286 Surabaya – Indonesia., Department of Forensic and Medico-legal, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga and Surabaya – Indonesia, Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Electrocution, Exit Injury, Body Posture, Forensic Reconstruction
Abstract:
Since then, electrocution and forensic investigation of electric death associated with criminal offenses have established the importance of mark injuries. The marks (entry and exit) came into significance as they were/are used to establish fatality and extent of electric power electrocuted. Unlike entry, exit injury has presented attention to scientists on its adequate and vital use in explaining forensic incident despite being infrequent. To enrich forensic understanding and make use of this “silent witness – exit mark”, this study used four cases of related scenario. Three of the four cases were literature-based cases and one case involved in investigation. By interpreting the cases, this paper argued that exit injury contains useful information that can be related to posture of the body before electrocution. This paper thereby suggested the presence of the exit injury to be related to body posture, sole plantar exit injury in particular (stood position). This would help investigat
ors and scientists to determine the immediate probable position and state of victim before electrocution. Furthermore, the suggestion would assist reconstruction processes that seek to find out the event originality through responding to fundamental and core principle tools of incidence investigation, CoPRRR, and the 6Ws.
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