The recovery of seminal components and DNA from the vagina of a homicide victim 34 days postmortem.
The body of an 18-year-old female was discovered in a gravel pit in Northern Maine. Investigation determined the body to be that of a woman who had disappeared from the Bangor, Maine area 34 days earlier. Laboratory examination revealed the presence of intact spermatozoa, P30 and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) typable DNA on a vaginal swab and smear slide collected at autopsy.
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Maine State Police Crime Laboratory, Augusta, USA.
D000293:Adolescent; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D012661:Semen / Q000737:chemistry*; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000166:cytology; D014626:Vaginal Smears
D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; C043076:beta-microseminoprotein; D004247:DNA