Method for identifying putrefied corpses by facial casting.
The authors developed an original method for casting the face of putrefied corpses, which allowed a three-dimensional facial cast of an individual to be made. This method used several stages: face restoration by subcutaneous injections of specific materials, casting by elastomer, then three-dimensional positive image building. This technique enabled the person to be recognized and then identified, and seems to be useful in such difficult cases.
Quatrehomme
G
G
Laboratoire de Médecine Légale, Faculté de Médecine, Nice, France.
Garidel
Y
Y
Grevin
G
G
Liao
Z
Z
Bailet
P
P
Ollier
A
A
D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes