Unusual results due to transfused blood

✍ Scribed by A.K. Davidson; L.D. Lee

• Book ID: 104394294
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 237 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1355-0306
• DOI: 10.1016/s1355-0306(99)72044-7

✦ Synopsis

During a murder enquiry, the forensic science investigation used PGM and EAP blood grouping systems and detected a mixture of blood on the deceased's jacket. The blood groups matched those of the deceased and accused. The results of DNA analysis, however, proved that only a single source of DNA, matching the deceased, was present. Supplementary information relating to the transfusion of the individual whilst still wearing his clothing led the authors to conclude that a mixture of transfused blood and the individual's own blood had effused from his body via a stab wound, and onto his clothing.