title: Bodies found in the water. An investigative approach.
abstract: The determination of the cause of death of a person whose body is found in the water requires careful investigative work on the part of both police and pathologists. Opinions as to cause and manner of death should not be derived from the autopsy alone but must result from a logical correlation of data regarding victim identity, circumstances, autopsy, and laboratory findings.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003644:Death Certificates; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000473:pathology; D004332:Drowning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation; D013405:Suicide