DR NUR AYUTIMASERY ABDULLAH
FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST UD56
Post mortem examination of dumped babies
start before the autopsy itself.
There are issues to be considered and looked
into before touching the body.
Best to make a checklist for cases of dumped
babies.
Cases will be investigated by Section D11
(Sexual/ Child Investigation)
D11 is a division under Criminal Investigation
Department (JSJ), PDRM
The investigating officer (IO) for the case –
Inspector.
The Division under the Criminal Investigation Department :
• Secretariat Division
• Part D1 (Internal Control Police)
• Part D2 (Malaysian & Singapore Criminal Registration Center)
• Part D3 (Naziran)
• Section D4 (Criminal Intelligence)
• Section D5 (Prosecution / Law)
• Part D6 (Technical Assistance)
• Part D7 (Share Dark, Gambling & Nudity)
• Part D8 (Special Operations)
• Section D9 (Special Inquiry)
• Part D10 (Forensic)
• Section D11 (Sexual / Child Investigation)
• Section D12 (Interpol)
• Part D13 (Bank / DNA Data)
• STAFOC
Direction of investigation
◦ Sec 318 Kanun Keseksaan (KK)
◦ Sec 309A KK
◦ Sec 302 KK
Sec 318 KK
Menyembunyikan kelahiran dengan jalan
membuang mayat dengan sulit
Sec 309A KK
◦ Kesalahan membunuh anak
◦ During the period of confinement (not fully
recovered from delivery)
Sec 302 KK
◦ Seksaan bagi kesalahan membunuh orang
◦ Personal encounter : almost all cases usually
charged under sec 318 KK
◦ Difficult to charge under sec 309A KK, has to
prove there was element of “under the influence
of the hormone”
◦ Very rare to charge with sec 302 KK, except for
cases like the baby was alive for a period of time,
but was intentionally killed by the mother
◦ Therefore important to be able to make the
conclusion of born alive or stillbirth.
◦ Personal encounter : Sarawak case – was charged
with sec 302 KK from the beginning.
◦ Baby suffered from head injury due to blunt impact
when “unintentionally” delivered head first into a
toilet bowl.
◦ Important for pathologist to expedite the post
mortem report to hasten the court process.
Crucial
For better understanding and correlation with
injury on the body
Supported by photos of the scene
Any suspect?
Background of suspect i.e mother, level of education
Pregnancy: period of amenorrhoea, LMP to help in
estimation of age of baby, check-up,
◦ *Prematurity could have caused the baby to be incapable of
maintaining an independent existence
Delivery: position during delivery, presentation, any
arrangement or assistant during delivery,
spontaneous or induced, any experience or guidance
in delivery i.e watched delivery technique in youtube
◦ Post delivery : what happen after the baby was
delivered ?cry ?breathing ?movement
◦ What was done to the baby post delivery?
◦ How long was the duration from the delivery to post
mortem, for estimation of time of death.
◦ What was done to the placenta?
◦ Important note : To immediately ask the IO
regarding the placenta, to transport to mortuary
a.s.a.p if available
Important to take samples as complete as possible
Advisable for every mortuary to have a checklist of
samples which should be taken for infant cases
Have a basic checklist for all infant case and tailor
accordingly.
Have a mutual understanding with your pathology lab
regarding the management of the samples and also
Chemistry Department and IMR
Other investigations
◦ Skeletal survey
◦ Toxicology
◦ DNA profilling and matching
Was the baby borne alive or stillbirth
Estimation of time since death
Was there any injury to the body, could the
injury caused death to the baby, if its not
have to be able to explain
Cause of death – natural causes or trauma
THANK YOU
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