Development of a forensic molecular clock to determine time of death and blood trace deposition time KU Leuven
The time and date of a person’s death are two of the major questions police detectives and investigative judges ask a forensic pathologist as it provides a specific time frame in which the investigators can base their further investigations on. The current time of death estimation techniques produce large error ranges as environmental and endogenous factors have to be taken into account. The most widely accepted and accurate model is based on ...