Accurate Predictions of Postmortem Interval Using Linear Regression Analyses of Gene Meter Expression Data

The postmortem interval (PMI) is the elapsed time between death of an organism and the initiation of an official investigation to determine the cause of death. Its prediction is important to civil investigations such as those involving life insurance fraud because investigators need to determine if the person was alive or not when the policy was in effect [1]. The PMI is also important to criminal investigations, especially suspicious death cases where there are no witnesses, because it can help determine the time relationship between a potential suspect and the victim and eliminate people from a suspect list, which speeds up investigations.
Source: Forensic Science International - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research