Sharifah Mastura Syed Mohd Daud, Chong Chin Heo, Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera Mohd Yusof, Lay See Khoo, Mansharan Kaur Chainchel Singh, Mohd Shah Mahmood, Muhammad Dzulfiqri Bin Muhammad Nasir, Hapizah Nawawi
Manual ground searches and cadaver dogs are traditional methods for locating remains, but they can be time- and resource-intensive, resulting in the decomposition of bodies and delay in victim identification. Therefore, thermal imaging has been proposed as a potentially useful tool for detecting remains based on their temperature. This study investigated the potential of a novel search technique of thermal drones to detect surface remains through the detection of maggot mass temperatures. Two trials were carried out at Selangor, Malaysia, each utilizing 12 healthy male Oryctolagus cuniculus European white rabbits and DJI Matrice 300 RTK drone China, equipped with a thermal camera; Zenmuse H20T to record the thermal imaging footage of the carcasses at various heights (15, 30, 60-100 m) for 14 days for each trial...
February 25, 2024: Journal of Forensic Sciences