When remains are found in a suitcase, forensics can learn a lot from the insects trapped within

  • Written by: Paola Magni, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science, Murdoch University
When remains are found in a suitcase, forensics can learn a lot from the insects trapped withinPaola Magni, Author provided

A crime scene can present itself in any form and size.

In recent weeks, an Aotearoa New Zealand family who’d purchased abandoned goods from a storage locker made the harrowing discovery of two sets of human remains hidden inside two suitcases.

Sadly, this is not a unique case – bodies of murder victims are...

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