The role of forensic work in solving murder cases is, in short, to provide clues for investigation and evidence for solving crimes. Like other technical work, it is an indispensable main auxiliary force in solving murder cases and plays an important role in cooperating with solving crimes.
The tasks of forensic work in solving murder cases mainly include corpse inspection, on-site investigation, personal inspection, physical evidence inspection and appraisal. In practical work, the first two account for a large proportion. Therefore, this paper only combines a few typical cases, focusing on the role of forensic work in solving homicide cases through corpse inspection and on-site investigation.
Personal identification in autopsy often plays an important role in solving murder cases.
Personal identity can be divided into narrow sense and broad sense from its meaning. Personal identification in a narrow sense is mainly to find the source of unknown bodies; Including the identification of multiple bodies. Personal identification in a broad sense should also include identifying criminals according to blood, hair, feces, semen spots and so on left at the scene.
Personal identification is usually based on clothing characteristics, carrying items and tickets, physical characteristics and so on. If conditions permit, personal identification can be carried out by means of fingerprints, footprints, bite marks, blood type and skull matching. In the case of dismemberment, the sex, age and length of the deceased can be inferred from the examination of bones, ilium, teeth and hair.