Strangulation of pregnant woman leads to one first-degree murder indictment for the death of the mother: A medicolegal reconsideration of maternal/fetal homicide

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-54

  Huxley, Angie K ^a   Froede, Richard C ^b   Birkby, Walter H ^b  

^a Emil Haury Building ^*  (United States)

^b Forensic Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Fetal viability; First degree murder; Forensic fetal osteology; Forensic science; Gestational age; Homicide; Lunar age; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CADAVER IDENTIFICATION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DIAPHYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; STRANGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPOUSES;

EID: 0035102157     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200103000-00009     Document Type: Article

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