COMPLEX HOMICIDE: ABOUT TWO CASES

W.  BEN AMAR; H.  DHOUIB; M.  ZRIBI; H.  SIALA; N.  KARRAY; Z.  HAMMAMI; S.  MAATOUG

Authors

W. BEN AMAR 1 CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie 2 Université de Sfax, Tunisie.
H. DHOUIB 1 CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. 2 Faculté 2 Université de Sfax, Tunisie.
M. ZRIBI 1 CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. 2 Université de Sfax, Tunisie.
H. SIALA 1 CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie 2 Université de Sfax, Tunisie.
N. KARRAY 1 CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. 2 Université de Sfax, Tunisie.
Z. HAMMAMI 1 CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. 2 Université de Sfax, Tunisie.
S. MAATOUG 1 CHU Habib Bourguiba, Sfax, Tunisie. 2 Université de Sfax, Tunisie.

Keywords:

Homicide, Homicide mechanism, forensic pathology, autopsy.

Abstract

In this paper, we report two original cases of complex homicide. The variety of criminal means used by authors aimed to ensure death on the one hand, and to destroy crime’s evidences by the degradation of the corpse on the other hand. Forensic pathologist was only able to resolve these enigmatic cases thanks to a methodical forensic approach by comparing autopsy’s data with those of complementary investigations, judicial and crime scene investigations.
Through these two cases of atypical complex homicides, we highlight difficulties encountered by the forensic pathologist first to define medico-legal form of death especially in case of degraded corpses and secondarily to determine lethal mechanism in front of embedded criminal process. In fact, defining lethal mechanism is crucial in the case of multiple perpetrators using
different criminal procedures.