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
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...