Archiwum medycyny sa̧dowej i kryminologii
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Jan 2019
Biography Historical ArticleNot all the people of the Department of Forensic Medicine in Lublin (1944/1945)
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Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol · Jan 2019
Review Case ReportsUnexpected deadly outcome of a body packer - a case of drowning and illegal drug trafficking with review
The human body is often used for illegal drug trafficking around the world. This may be done by concealing the drugs inside the body, so-called "body packing". ⋯ However, we present herein a case in which the death of an unidentified victim, which was notified as a case of seawater drowning in a non-suspicious manner, but later proved to be the death of a body packer as a result of drowning due to a morphine overdose. This case highlights the importance of investigating deaths even in unidentified bodies and the different presentations of fatal consequences of a body packer, which previously have not been described in literature.