Table 1. Autopsy findings and primary identifiers for bodies; relevant circumstantial, autopsy and toxicological findings to ascertain cause of death.
| Body | POSITION ON THE DISASTER SITE |
SEX (Morfological) |
Sex (DNA) |
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION: STATE OF THE BODY | AUTOPSY FINDINGS |
TONGUE THRUST OUT/CLAMPED BETWEEN THE TEETH |
DNA (sample) |
Fingerprints | ALCOHOL g/l |
OTHER TOXIC SUBSTANCES or DRUGS |
HbCO% | CYANIDES mcg/ml | CAUSE OF DEATH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM 1 | Anterior portion of the loft (not collapsed) near a window, closed by a gratin | Male | Male | complete, not charred; injury to head, vital injury to right hand | deformity of the distal phalanx of the second finger of the right hand; soot and food material into the trachea and larynx | Yes | Psoas muscle/buccal mucosa | Yes | 0,46 | no | 48,68 | 8,85 | acute cyanide poisoning |
| PM 2 | right rear side of the shed, partially buried under the rubble of a collapsed loft | Male | Male | advanced carbonization, lower limbs missing | soot in the airway and esophagus, pulmonary edema, extradural blood | impossible to assess | Psoas muscle, blood/buccal mucosa | No | 0,15 | no | 61,63 | 5,17 | acute cyanide poisoning |
| PM 3 | right rear side of the shed, partially buried under the rubble of a collapsed loft | Male | Male | advanced carbonization, incomplete, missing: upper right limb, left hand, lower right limb, left foot | soot in the airway, fracture of the skull, extradural blood, shrunk dura, reduced brain volume, pulmonary edema | impossible to assess | Blood, muscle/buccal mucosa | No | 0,54 | no | 81,23 | 3,63 | acute cyanide and carbon monoxide poisoning |
| PM 4 | Right rear side of the shed, far from the others | Male | Male | advanced carbonization, complete | abundant soot in the airways, edema and redness of the larynx, pulmonary edema | Yes | Psoas muscle, blood/buccal mucosa | Yes | 0,33 | no | 95,77 | 1,25 | acute carbon monoxide poisoning |
| PM 5 | right rear side of the shed, partially buried under the rubble of a collapsed loft | Female | Female | advanced carbonization, missing: upper and lower limbs, maxillary bones, teeth, splanchnocranium | absence of organs of the neck, presence of uterus | impossible to assess | Gluteal muscle, blood | No | 0,71 | no | 94,4 | 0,93 | acute carbon monoxide poisoning |
| PM 6 | right rear side of the shed, partially buried under the rubble of a collapsed loft | Impossible to assess |
Female | advanced carbonization: missing upper and lower limbs | soot in the airway and esophagus, fracture of the skull, exposure of the abdominal organs | Yes | Muscle, blood, costal bone/buccal mucosa | No | 0,18 | no | 94,89 | 2,59 | acute carbon monoxide poisoning |
| PM 7 | right rear side of the shed, partially buried under the rubble of a collapsed loft | Male | Male | advanced carbonization: missing upper and lower limbs | soot in the airway and in the esophagus, extradural blood, shrunk dura, reduced brain volume | Impossible to assess | Psoas muscle and blood/buccal mucosa | No | 0,42 | no | 88,05 | 0,29 | acute carbon monoxide poisoning |