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This individual died and his body was scavenged by a cat, no further info. The phenomenon of postmortem…

Note the bloating and decompositional blisters as well as the greenish discoloration around the area of the abdomen.…

This individual was strangulated with a rope and then the assailant cut the neck. In a homicide where…

Shotgun wounds impart a large amount of energy to the tissues, particularly if fired at contact or close…

A hard contact entrance gunshot wound is present on the forehead of a young homicide victim. This type…

This individual has blunt abdominal wounds after falling out of the cabin when his tractor rolled over and…

Maggots cause most of the body's decomposition because the maggot will do the majority of the eating. Maggots…

This photo illustrates the level of violence involved in drug murders. This victim and his associate were tortured…

A case where death was caused by self strangulation. The initial picture is vaguely suggestive of the arm…

The head is the most common location for a suicidal shotgun wound (74%), followed by the chest (20%)…

Decomposition, or putrefaction, is a combination of two processes: autolysis and bacterial action. Autolysis is the breakdown of…

In this intraoral gunshot wound, note the tissue tears extending from the sides of the mouth. These tears…