Homicide followed by freezing and burning: usefulness of measuring SCHAD (short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase) activity

L Fanton; H Yappo-Ette; C Vianey-Saban; D Malicier

doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.005

Homicide followed by freezing and burning: usefulness of measuring SCHAD (short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase) activity

J Clin Forensic Med. 2006 Aug-Nov;13(6-8):339-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.005.

Authors

L Fanton¹, H Yappo-Ette, C Vianey-Saban, D Malicier

Affiliation

¹ Institut Universitaire de Médecine légale de Lyon, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 12 Avenue Rockefeller, 69008 Lyon, France. [email protected]

PMID: 17055402
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.06.005

Abstract

An observation of homicide in which the victim was frozen, then burned, was reported. This confirmed the usefulness of measuring SCHAD (short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase) activity in the freezing of a human corpse despite unusual circumstances.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases / chemistry*
Adult
Autopsy
Burns / pathology
Craniocerebral Trauma / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Forensic Medicine
Freezing*
Homicide*
Humans
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*

Substances

3-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenases