The Truth sleeps in the morgue indeed
Posted by: maldiveshealth on: April 15, 2007
The pictures say it all. Follow the links for more information.
In Maldives no postmortem can be done to confirm the cause of death. There is no coronors office. No trained personnel to deal with murder cases. The man in the picture was taken out from the harbour this morning and police wanted to bury him as soon as possible. Haveeru daily reports Maldives police as saying that he must have hit his head on something as he was falling in to the sea. As we all can see from the pictures, it is eveident that repeated blows can only do that to some ones face.
Is the Maldives police again trying to conceal something? It can be said that they are, since they tried initially to bury the body without even trying to identify the body or even collecting any evidence.
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8 Responses to "The Truth sleeps in the morgue indeed"
April 15, 2007 at 5:01 pm
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don’t practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us- and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along. Carl Sagan
April 15, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Actually, I beg to differ. In the case of a body found in water one cannot conclude that repeated blows to the head caused the swelling at all. In fact, in most cases of bodies retrieved from water it is difficult to arrive at a conclusion as to the ante-mortem injuries that were sustained.
In the case of this particular body (as is common with other bodies found in water) the face look bloated, swollen and purplish indicating that Livor Mortis had taken place In almost all cases of bodies found in water they are always turned face down and with the head lower than the rest of the body so that lividity is prominent in head, neck and upper chest area (Pounder, 1992). The photos clearly show extreme signs of Livor mortis which starts about 2 hours after death (see wikipedia link). In all likeness it is probably not repeated blows to the head that caused it to swell and bloat.
This particular kind of lividity (concentrated around the head and face) also causes the bubbling of bloody fluid from the eyes etc.
And having looked at the photos alone (and this is in no way conclusive either) I noticed that there was no sign of struggle or being tied. If repeated blows were given to a man he would have struggled or fought back and there would have been marks of struggle. Was he then tied? In that case there would be signs of bruising around his ankle. The wounds pointed to by in the photos do not appear to be conclusive of torture at all.
I am not saying that a repeated blows could not have taken the life this young man. It could possibly have been the case but since his body was found in water it is nearly impossible to come to that conclusion.
April 16, 2007 at 5:32 pm
I am aware of what you are saying Simon. i am no expert in dealing with the dead, but i think an x-ray would have given us some clues to go forward . From the photos , i think we are seeing a victim of repeated blows, since i have seen these kinds of injuries with bloated eyes and bleeding from cuts on the upper nose area on ED patients who come with repeated beatings. I could be wrong. It is just what i think based on my experience and what i have seen.
I heard that IGMH (the coronors office)? has issued a media report? saying that there were multiple fractured bones in his skull which again raises many questions i believe.
My point is that we need to establish a way to deal with such cases in the future and i think we need experts in forensic science and such matters urgently as violence is on the rise and these kinds of cases has become a norm now.
I am also aware that there are a few who are specialising in these areas in foreign reputed universities. Lets hope that the ones who are doing these kinds of stidies abroad are used to their full potenial when they return.
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November 4, 2007 at 5:29 am
this is so terrible i can not see how people could do this or put them in this torture this needs to come to an end sooner or later.
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April 15, 2007 at 4:41 pm
http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/Resist/resist1.pdf
http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/Resist/pressrelease-0106.pdf
Does anybody remember a girl called Sudha? http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/Resist/pressrelease-0106.pdf
The truth indeed is sleeping in the morgue. They are killing the truth along with our borthers and sisters. If you tolerate this you children would be next.