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    In all cases where the cause of death cannot be determined, a medicolegal autopsy is performed. In a nutshell, a forensic autopsy serves to help explain a legal question surrounding the death in question, such as was the manner of death natural, unnatural, or undetermined? Was anyone else involved? What were the circumstances leading to the death? Therefore, in addition to the autopsy results and findings, other findings such as those from the crime scene also play an important role in helping determine what really happened. The forensic autopsy report should be as detailed as possible so as not to miss even the slightest finding, which can later play an important role in determining the case, which is why standardized autopsy procedures as well that autopsy protocols have been designed. Forensic autopsy procedures according to Brinkmann must always