Electrocution Death: Exit Mark Injury Use in the Suggestion of Body Posture during Forensic Investigation

Pudji Hardjanto, Simon Martin Manyanza Nzilibili, Ahmad Yudianto

2018

Abstract

Since then, electrocution and forensic investigation of electric death associated with criminal offenses have established the importance of mark injuries. The marks (entry and exit) came into significance as they were/are used to establish fatality and extent of electric power electrocuted. Unlike entry, exit injury has presented attention to scientists on its adequate and vital use in explaining forensic incident despite being infrequent. To enrich forensic understanding and make use of this “silent witness – exit mark”, this study used four cases of related scenario. Three of the four cases were literature-based cases and one case involved in investigation. By interpreting the cases, this paper argued that exit injury contains useful information that can be related to posture of the body before electrocution. This paper thereby suggested the presence of the exit injury to be related to body posture, sole plantar exit injury in particular (stood position). This would help investigators and scientists to determine the immediate probable position and state of victim before electrocution. Furthermore, the suggestion would assist reconstruction processes that seek to find out the event originality through responding to fundamental and core principle tools of incidence investigation, CoPRRR, and the 6Ws.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hardjanto P., Nzilibili S. and Yudianto A. (2018). Electrocution Death: Exit Mark Injury Use in the Suggestion of Body Posture during Forensic Investigation.In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS, ISBN 978-989-758-348-3, pages 493-498. DOI: 10.5220/0007545704930498

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icps18,
author={Pudji Hardjanto and Simon Martin Manyanza Nzilibili and Ahmad Yudianto},
title={Electrocution Death: Exit Mark Injury Use in the Suggestion of Body Posture during Forensic Investigation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS,},
year={2018},
pages={493-498},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007545704930498},
isbn={978-989-758-348-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference Postgraduate School - Volume 1: ICPS,
TI - Electrocution Death: Exit Mark Injury Use in the Suggestion of Body Posture during Forensic Investigation
SN - 978-989-758-348-3
AU - Hardjanto P.
AU - Nzilibili S.
AU - Yudianto A.
PY - 2018
SP - 493
EP - 498
DO - 10.5220/0007545704930498