Unusual death of a baby: a dog attack and confirmation using human and canine STRs.
We performed an autopsy on a 3-month-old baby boy who had only one area severe and extensive wound to his head and face. Three unrelated miniature dachshunds were in the house. After our investigation, we were able to confirm that the wound had in fact been caused by a dog attack, and we were able to identify the offending dog among the three dogs using both human and canine short tandem repeat obtained from samples taken from the suspected dog and from the scene of the attack.
Tsuji
Akiko
A
Department of Forensic Pathology and Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Ishiko
Atsushi
A
Kimura
Hirohisa
H
Nurimoto
Masanobu
M
Kudo
Keiko
K
Ikeda
Noriaki
N
D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000473:pathology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004285:Dogs / Q000235:genetics*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012886:Skull / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D013045:Species Specificity; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology