The body of a 24-years-old male was found in a woodland, in North Western Italy, in the middle of July, 34 days after his disappearance. The body was totally suspended from a branch of a big tree by a leather belt (Figure 1(A)). The feet were at about 1 m above the ground. At the drip zone, the ground directly beneath the hanging body, Diptera maggots falling from the corpse were found along with few Diptera pupae and puparia. At the external examination the body was preserved, except for the structures of the face, strongly affected by the feeding activity of the early larval stages. The mummification process took place in the remaining bare regions of the upper body part (scalp, thorax, upper arms). The mummification was clearly displayed by the desiccation and brittleness of the skin, which was stretched tightly across anatomic prominences (Figure 2(A)). Brown to black discolouration of flesh at the neck, with the skin having a leathery appearance and adherent to bones was found. Discolouration changing from green to black was observed at the bare trunk, post-bloating following the release of the abdominal gases. Marbling at the lower arms and lower limbs, hanging in usual position, with skin slippage on hands resulting in "glove formation" were also visible along with some epidermal maceration of the feet. Based on the above features, a TBS of 14 and a TBShang of 18 were assigned. 
No lesions by blunt trauma or fractures of long bones were found at the X-ray examination. Hyoid bone was also intact, but thyroid and cricoid cartilages were fractured due to suspension. Vital signs of haemorrhages were observed on mummified skeletal muscles close to the bone fractures. Therefore, the cause of death was finally determined as suicidal hanging.
An overall mean temperature of (21.5 +- 2.5)  C was recorded by the weather station of Villenueve Saint Nicolas, 1.6 km far from the death scene, for the 34 days before the discovery of the body corresponding to 731 ADD. Temperature records are summarized in Figure 3. Temperature ranged from a maximum of 34.9  C to a minimum of 9.9  C. 
Case 2
Insect activity was visible only on the face where few Diptera larvae (1.5-1.8 mm in length) were recovered. A large amount of adults and active larvae of Coleoptera were also detected from the scalp. Beetles adults and larvae represented the predominant part of the insect community. Just few Diptera pupae and puparia were recovered in the drip zone below. The insect community recovered on the body and at the drip zone was identified according to species-specific morphological identification keys as summarized in Table 1. The specimens of Diptera useful for the estimation of the minimum postmortem interval (PMImin) were empty puparia of Phormia regina (Meigen) and Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Based on relevant developmental data published for these species, L. sericata needs from a minimum of 14.1 days (at 22  C) to a maximum of 18.7 days (at 20  C) to complete the development (eggs-adults) and P. regina from a minimum of 15.2 days (at 22  C) to 18.8 days (at 23  C) to reach the adult stage. Although it is widely accepted that there may be significant differences between temperatures experienced at the death scene and those collected retrospectively from weather stations, unfortunately no data loggers were placed on site and, therefore, no regression relationship was derived between ambient temperatures at site and weather station to make a retrospective correction. Based on fly species, and a mean temperature of 21.5  C, a PMImin of 14-18 days was estimated. But the development times of fly species could be much longer than that as caution should be exercised when applying development data from studies performed at consistent temperatures to outdoor scenes where the temperature has fluctuated. In fact, in this case, active larval stage of Dermestes frischii (Krugelann) indicated a longer PMImin of no less than 30 days. Based on developmental data, D. frischii needs at least 29.7 days to get pre-pupa larval stage at 23  C as a complete life cycle of this Coleoptera has been observed in 111-115 days at 20  C.