7045_C000.fm by James Yanchak

Author:James Yanchak [Yanchak, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-12-10T19:59:28+00:00

7045_C008.fm Page 197 Tuesday, January 2, 2007 8:19 AM

Criminal Investigation Ⅲ 197

DEATH INVESTIGATIONS CHECK LIST

THE INVESTIGATION:

The primary issues to be investigated are identification of the subject, and the circumstances surrounding, and causing the death, providing the death itself has been established.

A point to be kept in mind is motive. Obviously there is a beneficiary to the policy of insurance and therefore a financial motive for fraud could always exists.

SUBJECT IDENTIFICATION & BENEFICIARY IDENTIFICATION: By the time the investigator is instructed the subject body has been buried, cremated, or otherwise disposed of, and is not available to view or examine.

Identification is therefore based on identifying details (primarily the full name) and/or photographs.

The investigator throughout the course of the investigation should attempt to examine and copy all available documents containing full name, identity card number, passport details, date of birth, place of birth, previous name/s, marital status and spouses details, permanent address, previous address. I recommend throughout the investigation to have a camera with color film, and to always photograph any document containing the subjects picture.

Additionally during interviews ask for a detailed description of the subject, or a photograph which is usually available from relatives, and friends.

The beneficiary must also be identified based on documentation, and (Beneficiaries Relationship to the Deceased).

Beneficiaries Relationship to the Deceased - Prove based on document - if widow/widower then photograph the I.D. Card where states husband/wife, or marriage certificate, or other document to prove relationship as stated in policy of insurance.

DOCUMENTATION:

Documentation is important in a death investigation, however it should always confirm information obtained from other sources. This is important as in many foreign countries original or certified copies can be purchased due to corruption. Originals are sought after whenever possible. When not possible certified (signed and/or stamped) copies, notarized by a public notary or certified by an attorney as “identical to the original”. Wherever possible notarizations, certifications, and/or translations should be effected at the American Embassy.

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Figure 8.1 Death investigations checklist.

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