Table 2.

Forensic autopsy results of José António de Sampaio Junior.

Forensic autopsy	Results
External habit	• Seemingly robust structure, with hair and moustache, and no beard • Evidence of dilated abdominal cavity compatible with the production of utrefaction gases • Violaceus colour with epidermis detached at some points • No signs of trauma, although difficult to characterise due to signs of putrefaction
Internal habit	• Semiliquid brain mass • Impossibility of forensic evaluation of the thoracic and abdominal cavities due to the advanced state of decomposition, with the spleen and part of the intestine absent • Brain mass, stomach, rest of the intestine, liver, kidneys, lungs, and heart were harvested for toxicological analysis for morphine and other alkaloids