Javan, Gulnaz T.
Hanson, Erin
Finley, Sheree J.
Visonà, Silvia D.
Osculati, Antonio
Ballantyne, Jack
Funding for this research was provided by:
United States Department of Justice | National Institute of Justice (2017-MU-MU-0042, 2016-DN-BX-0165)
Article History
Received: 14 October 2019
Accepted: 31 March 2020
First Online: 20 April 2020
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests. Tissues were collected using protocols approved by Alabama State University’s Institutional Review Board (2018400). Pursuant to Florida code Title XXIX chapter 406.11(2)(b) and Alabama code 45–2–61.04 laws for studies outside of normal autopsies, signed consent forms from next of kin were obtained by the appropriate district attorney prior to the collection of the criminal casework tissues.