Explosive "Roman find"
Stiel, M.; Dettmeyer, R.; Madea, B.
Archiv für Kriminologie 217(1-2): 36-44
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9225 PMID: 16529179 Document Number: 597841
A case of a 40-year-old hobby archeologist is presented who searched for remains from Roman times. After finding an oblong, cylindrical object, he opened it with a saw to examine it, which triggered an explosion killing the man. The technical investigation of the remains showed that the find was actually a grenade from the 2nd World War. The autopsy findings and the results of the criminological investigation are presented.