Abstract:
:STR-based individualisation of biological deposits on bullets after perforation of tissue, can identify the person injured or killed by a particular bullet and comparison with the firearms used can identify the weapon and thus possibly the person who did the shooting. In this study, the effect of subsequent impacts on intermediate targets such as loss of cells was investigated by amplification of mitochondrial (mt) DNA. Bovine tissue was perforated and the 9 mm Luger FMJ bullets were recovered from the bullet collector. The mt cytochrome-b (cyt-b) gene could be amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from 14 out of 15 bullets. Examination with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and an energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDS) demonstrated the presence of minute dried tissue deposits on all bullets (n = 10) but was not able to establish preferential locations. In a series of 25 gunshots, various intermediate targets (glass, wood, car metal, gypsum board, asphalt) were perforated/impacted following perforation of tissue and the cyt-b gene could be typed from all bullets. It is concluded that subsequent impacts on intermediate targets do not eliminate enough biological deposits to render DNA analysis impossible and that the amplification of mtDNA is a useful additional method.
journal_name
Int J Legal Medjournal_title
International journal of legal medicineauthors
Karger B,Stehmann B,Hohoff C,Brinkmann Bdoi
10.1007/s004140000203subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-01-01 00:00:00pages
343-5issue
6eissn
0937-9827issn
1437-1596journal_volume
114pub_type
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