title: [A Retrospective Analysis of 88 Solved Intentional Homicide Cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the key points, difficulties and relevant practical experiences for analyzing the scene of solved intentional homicide cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data of 88 solved intentional homicide cases in a county from 2004 to 2013 were collected and the retrospective analysis was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of local female victims obviously higher than non-local female victims and the number of non-local suspects is obviously higher than local suspects. The number of Male suspects showed higher compared with the female. Most of them were temporary workers, unemployment or farmers with less education backgrounds. The main causes of victims' death were mechanical injury or asphyxia. The murders were acquaintances in most intentional homicide cases. The motive of the stranger murders was commonly money. The murder behavior types of homicide cases were related with people, money and sexual assault. Camouflage and guilty behavior showed the most significance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The accurate identification of suspects is one of the most important task in forensic investigation and reflects the importance of the criminal scene analysis for intentional homicide cases. It also provides the direction of future research.
authors: Jia-quan
authors: JQ
authors: Tang
authors: Jian-feng
authors: JF
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia; D002423:Cause of Death; D019548:Crime Victims; D057237:Criminals; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D009042:Motivation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012742:Sex Offenses