A new simulation-based model for calculating post-mortem intervals using developmental data for Lucilia sericata (Dipt.: Calliphoridae)

S. Reibe, Ph. von Doetinchem, B. Madea

Homicide investigations often depend on the determination of a minimum post-mortem interval (PMI${}_{min}$) by forensic entomologists. The age of the most developed insect larvae (mo…