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‘Te American Jounal of Frente Medcine and Pathology 913 220-225, 1988 © 1988 Raven Press Li, New York Technical Note Stanton Berg, Editor Estimation of Postmortem Interval by Arthropod Succession Three Case Studies from the Hawaiian Islands M. Lee Goff, ph.b., Alvin I. Omori M.D., and Kanthi Gunatilake, M.D. Three instances of estimation of postmortem interval using computer-assisted entomological techniques on the island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands are presented, While post= ‘mortem intervals were similar for all cases (45) days), re- covery of the remains in dilfering habitats (xerophytic, me- sophytic, and swamp) on the island resulted in significant differences in gross appearance of the remains, which could have resulted in the determination of different postmortem intervals in the absence of entomological techniques, Key Words: Postmortem interval—Arthropod suecession— Entomology—Tropical habitats. From the Department of Entomology. University of Hawaii~ Manoa; (M.L.G.), and the Department of the Medical Examiner, City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawai (A.10., KG

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