Affiliation:
1. Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy
Abstract
An abandoned fetus with suspicious skin injuries was found dead, lying on the grass of a garden, near a private house. Suspecting infanticide, the prosecutor ordered a medico-legal autopsy. The cause of death was identified as a congenital malformation of the central nervous system such as hydranencephaly, and infanticide was excluded.
Subject
Law,Health Policy,Issues, ethics and legal aspects