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Paper Id:IJMSM-V2I1P112
doi: 10.71141/30485037/V2I1P112

Maggots, those Tiny Wriggling Creatures, Play a Fascinating Role in Forensic Investigations

Prapaipit Buadilok

Citation:
Prapaipit Buadilok, "Maggots, those Tiny Wriggling Creatures, Play a Fascinating Role in Forensic Investigations" International Journal of Multidisciplinary on Science and Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 116-122, 2025.

Abstract:
Today, insects and arthropods have become beneficial to forensic science, they can help the entomologist reconstruct and estimate the postmortem interval (PMI), by studying their characteristics, life cycle, behavior, and habitat. The purpose is to study what maggots found on corpses can tell us in forensic science, they were able to determine the location of wounds, including evaluate the period after death. This lesson collected the maggots from mouth and reared them until adults for identifying and looking them under a micro-CT scanner, aspects of these postmortem changes were revealed to be near the truth, and all data provided was useful in administering justice to avoid misinterpretations and evaluation errors. This article can be considered a consultative tool for forensic pathologists and crime scene investigators during a crime scene investigation and the autopsy.

Keywords: Arthropods, Maggots, Postmortem, Forensic Investigations, Forensic Entomology.

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