The authors present a case where a man was found shot on the edge of a forest. Lack of information produced various difficulties in entomological PMI-estimation. The calculation was first based on the information that the man had lain on his back and the larvae were collected from his face. Furthermore all of the larvae had been stored in 70% alcohol solution and no further development under laboratory conditions could be observed. The determination of the eldest organisms as 2nd instar larvae of
With data from the local weather station first a PMI of 5 days was calculated, overlapping with an interval when the deceased still had been seen alive. Further investigation revealed that the dead body was originally found with a leather jacket over his head that was removed by the emergency physician. Assumption of higher environmental temperature for the development of the maggots was leading to a PMI of 4 days which was in accordance with results of the police investigations. The necessity of comprehensive investigation of the environmental conditions influencing the growing rate of blowfly
