title: Forensic entomology investigations from Doctor Marcel Leclercq (1924-2008): a review of cases from 1969 to 2005.
abstract: Dr. Marcel Leclercq was a pioneer in the field of forensic entomology. He has provided his knowledge of insect biology to many forensic cases, and most of them have found the way to publication. Most of the articles he has written were focused on individual cases, and despite the abundance of entomoforensic investigations he conducted, no synthesis has been published. This article summarizes 36 yr of forensic entomological investigations in temperate Europe, mainly in Belgium. Dr. Leclercq's work includes 132 entomological cases involving 141 human corpses found in various death scenes. Under certain conditions, insect specimens found at death scene can provide information on when (postmortem interval estimation), where and how a person died. More or less 100 insect species associated with a dead body have been identified by Dr. Leclercq.
authors.affiliation: Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, 2 Passage des Déportés, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium. entomologie.gembloux@ulg.ac.be
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dekeirsschieter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frederickx
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Verheggen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boxho
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haubruge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium; D002102:Cadaver; D004772:Entomology / Q000266:history*; D044707:Forensic Sciences / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000145:classification*