title: Death in the "microwave oven": A form of execution by carbonization.
abstract: Death in the "microwave oven" has nothing to do with microwaves energy. It is the jargon name given to a criminal form of execution by carbonization that has been adopted by drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The goal is to torture and intimidate victims, in an attempt of corpse occultation and to make identification harder or impossible. This paper brings to attention of the forensic international community an unusual and very cruel form of execution as a way to document these situations.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Portugal; Orthopedic Department, Hospital Vila Franca de Xira, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: drcarlosdurao@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Durão
authors.affiliation: Forensic Anthropology, Legal Medicine Institute Afrânio Peixoto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Dentistry, Dental Faculty of Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, FOP-UNICAMP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Daruge Júnior
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001938:Brazil; D055700:Cremation / Q000379:methods*; D064423:Drug Trafficking; D005390:Fires; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D053260:Soot / Q000032:analysis; D014104:Torture; D014132:Trachea / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D053260:Soot
keywords: Carbonization; Forensic anthropology; Homicide; Human identification; Thermal destruction of corpses; “Death in the microwave oven”