title: [Identification of an exhumed unknown infant through DNA analysis].
abstract: The article reports on the exhumation and subsequent DNA analysis of the skeletal remains of an unknown male newborn from 1988. Molecular biological methods confirmed the maternity of a woman who was already convicted of infanticide. Since homicide could not be clearly proven and manslaughter becomes barred by the statute of limitation after 20 years, the woman cannot be held accountable for the alleged killing of her first child.
authors.forename: Eilin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jopp
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Warschke
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Krebs
mesh_terms: D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000473:pathology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D049249:Exhumation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D010334:Paternity; D011180:Postmortem Changes