Post-mortem forensic identity testing: application of PCR to the identification of fire victim.

CONTEXT: DNA analysis has been used with success in the identification of carbonized corpses and victims of large accidents. The analysis requires relatives of crash victims to donate blood for analysis. The relatives are generally willing contribute to the identification by giving a blood sample. OBJECTIVE: To describe the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genetic characterization of one victim extensively burned by fire. DESIGN: Case report. CASE REPORT: DNA was extracted from blood of the cardiac chamber, and 15 different loci (D1S80, ApoB, D17S30, D3S1744, D18S849, D12S1090, FGA, D7S820, D1S533, D9S304, HUMCSF1PO, HUMTPOX, HUMTHO1, amelogenin and HLA-DQA1) were analyzed using the PCR technique. Results from all loci typing of the corpse were then compared to that of his alleged biological parents, revealing a genetic compatibility.

Normas praticas para o fornecimento de atestado de obito / Practical rules to furnish death certificates

O atestado de obito e um documento medico legal fornecido pelo Ministerio da Saude.Consta de duas vias onde sao registrados todos os dados pessoais do morto ou dos pais em caso de obito fetal ou de crianca menor de 1 ano. O atestado de obito deve firmar o diagnostico da morte natural, sem assistencia medica, o Atestado de Obito e fornecido pelo SVO (Servico de Verificacao de Obito) e nas mortes violentas ou suspeitas o fornecimento do Atestado de Obito e de competencia do Instituto Medico Legal