1Associate Professor of, Forensic Sciences, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor State, Malaysia
2Forensic Division, Chemistry Department of Malaysia, Kuching, Sarawak State, East Malaysia
*Corresponding author: T Nataraja Moorthy Associate Professor of, Forensic Sciences, Management and Science University, Shah Alam, Selangor State, Malaysia, HP: +6 0129224610, email: natrajamoorthy@rediffmail.com, nataraajan64@msu.edu.my
Online published on 4 November, 2017.
Person identification is the first and foremost aim to any crime scene investigator. Researchers have indicated that foot impression can provide more valuable information than fingerprints. Foot outline is the line tracing the outer margins of the fleshed foot and also represents the boundaries of the foot's impression in soft surfaces that produce a three-dimensional (3D) foot impression. Body weight is also an important parameter to obtain valuable information in crime investigation. It is shown that there is correlation between foot impression (3D) and human body weight. Literature review shows that very limited studies were conducted to determine body weight from foot outline measurements. The present study aimed to determine body weight from foot outline length measurements among Lun Bawang population in Malaysia. The result of the investigation provided regression equations to determine body weight from foot outline length anthropometry.
forensic science, body weight, foot outline, Lun Bawng population, East Malaysia
