Table 2.

Profile completeness of all 28 cases of highly decomposed bodies included in the study. Average success rates were calculated for each soft tissue type. (c, contaminated)

Case ID		TDS		TBS		Aorta	Urinary bladder		Brain		Liver	Oral swab	Muscle
1		9		14		100	100		100		100	100	100
2		12		20		100	100		100		100	80	100
3		9		12		100	100		100		100	100	100
4		12		17		100	100		100		100	94	100
5		11		18		100	100		100		100	97	100
6		12		18		100	86/c		97		82/c	100/c	31
7		9		15		100	100		100		80	100	21
8		12		19		100	100		100		100	78	100
9		8		13		100	100		100		100	100	100
10		10		15		100	100		100		100	100	100
11		11		20		100	100		43		100	0	100
12		10		15		100	100		100		100	100	100
13		13		21		100	100		100		100	37	100
14		10		17		100	100		100		100	41	99
15		11		16		100	100		100		100	49	100
16		12		16		86	97		59		90	99	81
17		12		22		100	100		88		100	25	100
18		10		16		100	100		93		100	22	26
19		8		9		100	100		100		100	100	100
20		10		16		100	97		100		91	90	100
21		13		25		100	100		100		94	0	97
22		12		22		100	100		100		74	41	100
23		9		14		100	100		95		100	100	100
24		10		16		100	100		100		100	100	100
25		12		18		100	100		100		100	31	100
26		6		6		100	100		100		100	100	100
27		9		18		100	100		100		100	100/c	100
28		12		25		100	100		100		100	94	60
28 cases		6–13		6–25		27	25		22		22	12	21
	99.5		99.3		95.5		96.8	74.2		89.8