Abstract：
:The death of a person as a reaction to the death of another is known as Philemon and Baucis death and may represent a difficult challenge for pathologists, especially due to the decompositional changes that often characterized these situations. In this article, we describe two cases of Philemon and Baucis deaths, the first concerning a married couple and the second concerning a father and son. Postmortem investigations including radiology and biochemistry were performed. Based on the results of all investigations, deaths were attributed to natural causes. Third-party involvement could be excluded in both situations. In one case, biochemical analysis results revealed potentially contributing causes of death. The reported cases emphasize the importance of correlating findings from different postmortem investigations to identify causes of death, precipitating conditions and predisposing disorders, thus allowing the conclusion of natural death to be reached and third-party involvement to be excluded.
journal_name
J Forensic Scijournal_title
Journal of forensic sciencesauthors
Lardi C,Schmit G,Burkhardt S,Mangin P,Palmiere Cdoi
10.1111/1556-4029.12419subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-07-01 00:00:00pages
1133-8issue
4eissn
0022-1198issn
1556-4029journal_volume
59pub_type
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