International Journal of Managment, IT and Engineering
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 7

Forensic estimation of time of death: A mathematical model

  • Author:
  • Boniface O. Kwach, Omolo_Ongati , J. O. Nyakinda, Rachael Nyang'inja
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 331 to 339

*School of Mathematics and Actuarial Science, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Bondo, Kenya

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary 93B05; Secondary 91B74, 93C95, 92D40

Abstract

In this paper we establish the exact time of death of a murdered person. This leads to an ordinary differential equations whose solution has been analyzed to provide the approximate time of death. Forensic expert will try to estimate this time from body's current temperature and calculating how long it would have taken to lose heat to reach this point. This provides an accurate approach to establish the approximate time when crime is committed.

Keywords

Forensic Science, Postmortem Interval, Forensic Entomology