The tell-tale sign revealed homicide: A case report

Abstract

At autopsy we encounter cases where there is disparity between the findings of police papers and actual findings at postmortem examination. Many a times, the police bring the dead body with police papers mentioning the death as accidental in manner, especially in unknown bodies to shrug off from their responsibility or at when they are not able to appreciate any apparent external injury over the body. Many of such cases are those found alongside roads which are easily branded as “Road Side Accidents” by the police. However, tell-tale signs of homicide can be identified by a detailed autopsy. In this paper we present a case which was brought to our department with alleged history of accidental death as per police papers, however meticulous postmortem examination revealed a unique homicide.