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Assessment of Post Mortem Interval, (PMI) from Forensic Entomotoxicological Studies of Larvae and Flies

Kapil Verma, Paul MP

Current research involving studies of the effects of drugs on fly’s development has also allowed better estimations of Postmortem Intervals (PMI) or cause of death. Insects’ specimen collected from decomposing or decomposed bodies enable forensic entomologists to estimate the minimum Post-Mortem Interval (PMI) or cause of death. Drugs within a corpse may affect the development rate of insects that feed on them. This study consequently points out the possibilities of analyzing insects, larvae and pupae or empty pupa cases when suitable tissues or other source of information’s are absent. This study investigated the effects of commonly abused drugs on growth rates of insects. These results can be used by the forensic entomologist in forensic entomology for the postmortem interval (PMI) estimation or cause of death of decomposed bodies or tissues in medico criminal investigations.