Concealment of the body in drug deaths
Hawley, D.A.; Doedens, D.J.; McClain, J.L.; Pless, J.E.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 34(2): 495-499
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 2708963 Document Number: 330174
Discovery of a concealed body often leads to the assumption that the manner of death was homicide. However, in cases where death has resulted from illicit drug use or drug abuse, the body may be concealed to protect persons involved in drug abuse or drug marketing.
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