title: The Iceman murder: one of a series of contract murders.
abstract: A body with a gunshot wound to the head was discovered in a wooded area in mid September 1983 wrapped with about 20 consecutive layers of plastic garbage bags and rope. Examination of the body revealed a bullet hole in the occipital-parietal region and a peculiar decomposition of the body. Following a forensic reconstruction of our autopsy findings, microscopic studies and other ancillary factors, we concluded that the body had been frozen for about 2 and one-quarter years prior to its being dumped along a mountain road here in Rockland County. The means by which we concluded that the victim had been frozen for about 2 and one-quarter years and other important aspects of this case are fully discussed.
authors.affiliation: Rockland County Medical Examiner's Office, Pomona, NY.
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Zugibe
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Costello
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000473:pathology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013997:Time Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot