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Researchers have studied the life cycle of the fly, understood that this knowledge could help determine the duration of a human being and developed the application "iParasites" for investigators.
It can accurately detect the stage of the life cycle of fireflies feeding on corpses.
Forensic entomology has relatively few practitioners in the world. That's why Nophawan Bunchu, lecturer in microbiology and parasitology at the School's Faculty of Medical Sciences, collaborated with Parinya Boonchai, director of Zenith Medi Touch, to develop the study application various species of flies.
The application has already been patented and will be ready for general use early next year, Parinya said.
It contains a glossary of terms and a QR code reader 3D to determine the time of death of a corpse according to the stage of his life.
Noppawan stated that she has been studying flies since her bachelor's degree and that she knew that this knowledge would bring her benefits, despite the general disgust of flies among the public.
She said that of the 96 fly species found in Thailand, Chrysomya megacephala and Chrysomya rufifacies were most often related to dead bodies.
The use of arthropods such as flies in forensic investigations to determine the time of death has already been practiced. The life stage of the parasite is helpful in tracing the time of death, especially more than 24 hours, said Noppawan.
In murder cases, the murderer invariably neglects such indicators when he destroys evidence to conceal the crime, but the arthropods present in the corpse can also indicate whether the body has been moved from the scene of the murder and identify toxins in the body, she said.
Care must be taken, however, as flies can also contaminate the scene with traces of unrelated blood.
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