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Forensic anthropological study of the murder disguised as drowning in the Korean Empire's post-mortem examination record

  • Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
  • Abbr : Anat Biol Anthropol
  • 2024, 37(4), pp.239~251
  • DOI : 10.11637/aba.2024.37.4.239
  • Publisher : 대한체질인류학회
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Anatomy
  • Received : October 8, 2024
  • Accepted : December 4, 2024
  • Published : December 31, 2024

Sungwook Hong 1 이승덕 2 Shin, Dong Hoon 3

1순천향대학교 인문학연구소
2서울대학교 의과대학 법의학교실
3서울대학교 법의학연구소

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ABSTRACT

Muwonrok was a fundamental guide that should be referred to in the investigation of the dead during Joseon dynasty period. The investigation report prepared based on the Muwonrok is called Geoman, which described the details of the case and examiner's opinion about the cause of death, which is useful for grasping the contents of forensic reasons that were accepted in Korea before the 20th century. The current research analyze an investigation report on a wife's death in Jirye County of the Korean Empire, a case initially reported as drowning by her husband but finally revealed as a murder after post-mortem examination of the officials. Through this case, we can see in detail how a case of death was investigated by the examiners in the Korean Empire, and how reasonably their conclusions were drawn from the perspective of forensic anthropology.

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