The identification of maternity in an unusual pregnancy-related homicide.

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The identification of maternity in an unusual pregnancy-related homicide.

Journal of forensic sciences - 1 Jan 1990

Clark E G, Zumwalt R E, Schanfield M S

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A recent bizarre homicide which culminated in the delivery of a live-born infant necessitated careful determination of true maternal origin. A 23-year-old pregnant woman was abducted, subdued, strangled, and delivered of a term infant by a crude Cesarean section. The infant was stolen and subsequently presented to physicians by a woman posing as the mother. Methods used to help confirm the surviving infant's...

Topics

ABO Blood-Group System
Adult
Asphyxia
Bites, Human
Cause of Death
Cesarean Section
Dental Casting Technique
Female
HLA Antigens
Homicide
Humans
Immunoglobulin Allotypes

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Infant, Newborn

Mothers

Phenotype

Pregnancy

Probability

Umbilical Cord

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PMID: 2179463

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