title: [Conceiling the cadaver in masonry and cement].
abstract: Encasing with concrete and/or bricks are relatively rare forms of hiding or disposing of a body; criminologically, cases of this kind are often treated as "matters involving a missing person" at first. The article describes the circumstances and findings of 2 cases in which bodies were encased with concrete. Under the aspects of reconstruction it is of importance that bodies may be preserved quite well in concrete, which allows not only identification of the victim but also determination of the cause of death even after a prolonged post-mortem interval, the more so as occasionally tools used for committing the offense are also encased together with the body.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: Burkhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Madea
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cremer
authors.forename: Karl Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Schiwy-Bochat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002423:Cause of Death; D003252:Construction Materials; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007237:Infanticide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000473:pathology