Case study

HUMAN IDENTIFICATION OF DECAPITATED BODY AND REMAINING OF A HEAD THROUGH COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DNA – CASE REPORT

Ana Paula Cavalcante Carneiro, Gutemberg Souza Silva, Maria Luisa Duarte

In the routine of Medical Forensic Institutes, cases of bodies, which require an identification process are not rare. Thus, the forensic options are fingerprints, the dental data and genetics analysis and do anthropological exams. This case aimed to identify both a head and a decapitated body found separately and on different dates sent for forensic examination to the Estácio de Lima’s Medical Forensic Institute in Maceió – Alagoas.