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An unusual oxidation type on bulb filament after a car crash dive
Philippe Baudoin1, Remy Lavabre, Franck Vayne
1Microanalysis Department, Institut de Recherche Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale, ROSNY sous Bois, France.
Journal of Forensic Sciences
|March 23, 2002
Abstract:
A car with two dead bodies trapped inside was discovered in a gravel pit. The main hypothesis of investigators was a traffic accident simulation by night. Examination of a broken light-bulb revealed both a rather unusual oxidation type and small rounded cavities never reported before. Tests were performed and allowed forensic scientists to establish that the lightbulbs were switched on during the crash dive, in contrast with the investigators idea.