1Senior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal
2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal
3Post Graduate student, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal
4Post Graduate student, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Atul S. Keche, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, Bhopal Contact : +91 82080-72886, Email :atul.fmt@aiimsbhopal.edu.in
Establishing cause and manner of death for bodies recovered from water, is challenging enough with the interpretation of postmortem changes.Decomposition alters the appearance of the body, making wounds and other evidence of the body’s interaction with the environment more difficult to interpret or even recognize and vice versa. We report a case of drowning and decomposition, a 35 years male whose body was retrieved from a shallow drain with suspicious surroundings. His footwear and empty liquor bottle was found on the bank with a scarf tied around his neck tightened by bloating of the body due to decomposition. History and meticulous autopsy revealed the facts.
Drowning, Decomposition, Suspicious, Meticulous autopsy, Alcohol intoxication
