Death of a twin--infanticide or intrauterine fetal death?
Schmidt, V.; Baedeker, C.; Keller, E.
Archiv für Kriminologie 176(1-2): 8-16
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9225 PMID: 4062480 Document Number: 257906
The authors report an intrauterine death in a twin pregnancy. Due to external circumstances, infanticide was initially suspected. Forensic examination of fetus and placenta, however, revealed a placental cause for the death of the twin. The macerated fetus, which had been retained for at least one week, was expelled, apparently unnoticed, shortly before the live birth of the hypotrophic second twin. The question of the possibility of unnoticed fetus expulsion was discussed.