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This individual committed suicide by fastening cable ties around his neck, leading to suffocation. Each cable tie was…
A middle-aged male was driving a semi-tractor with an attached trailer in heavy fog. On approaching a sharp…
Czech Republic. The body of a 40-year-old man was found in a crashed passenger car. Upon closer inspection…
1994 - Rheine, Germany. A Chinese hand grenade type 86 P (weight approx. 290 g, approx. 1600 steel…
The United Kingdom, ~1980s. The deceased was an unmarried 32-year-old computer programmer. He was found dead in his…
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This individual was found decomposed after a suicidal hanging. Suicidal hanging is a method of self-harm involving suspension…
Spain. The body of a 22-year-old man was found inside a metal workshop lying on the bench of…
Postmortem animal depredation is a substantial part of the taphonomic processes a body undergoes after death and is…
A 52-year-old man was found dead, already putrefied, in his apartment. He wore women’s underwear with a female…
This victim shot himself under the chin with a shotgun creating this classic massive tissue destruction. No further…
Slashing lacerations on the face in a fatal attack often indicate a sharp-force injury caused by a bladed…
This woman committed suicide with a gun under the chin, her finger was on the trigger when found,…
Maggots are the larval form of flies. Flies lay their eggs in small and sometimes large bulky clusters…
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Ventral total body view. Note the destruction of all four extremities in contrast to the seemingly intact pelvic…
On March 13, 1999, in San Luis Obispo, California, Aundria Crawford was reported missing by her mother. Aundria’s…
This woman collapsed on the bathroom floor while under the influence of extremely large amounts of amitriptyline. Her…
This male individual jumped from the 28th floor of an apartment block and fell approximately 84 m (275…
The massive defect to this victim's face was caused by a .12-gauge rifled slug fired through the rear…
City of Lacey, Washington, USA. Police were called to a hotel after employees discovered a deceased man locked…
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This 33-year-old man was riding his bicycle on the interstate highway when he was struck by a tractor-trailer.…
Police responded to a single-family residence. Upon arrival, they were met at the front door by the victim’s…
This 52-year-old man sustained an intermediate range rifle wound to the left side of his head from a…
Russia. This individual committed suicide by cutting his neck with a knife, no further info. Cut throat injuries…
Woman’s body lying face down in a bathtub in an advanced state of decomposition and with no apparent…
There was no further info with the images except that this happened in Southern Arizona. From a study…
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Fatal injuries from a hand grenade. A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called…
On Halloween night, 1979, at approximately 10:30 p.m. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris abducted their final victim, 16-year-old…
Brazil. A man was shot multiple times in the head while relaxing in a hammock. Brazil has one…
Germany. A 57-year-old man was cleaning the silo of a wood chip heater when he was caught in…
Allegations of brutality at the hands of police are not infrequent in today’s litigious society. This young man…
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The body of a 21-year-old man who was witnessed to skid with his motorcycle and roll into a…
This individual committed suicide by ingesting excess prescription medication and placing a loosely fixed plastic bag over the…
A 58-year-old woman was found dead in her bed with blood emanating from her mouth. The blood was…
This helicopter pilot died after his helicopter crashed. He sustained open traumatic brain injury and closed chest and…
Suicidal gunshot wound to the head. No further info. In the head, neck, and limbs, shotgun exit wounds…
Raccoon eye or periorbital ecchymosis is caused by blood tracking into periorbital tissues (the area around the eye),…
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Russia. This individual committed suicide by strangulation with a zip tie, a self-locking cable tie. Strangulation is a…
The phenomenon of postmortem animal interference with human bodies or their remains is a substantial part of the…
Adipocere is caused by fat saponification, which is associated with yellow-white discoloration. The face demonstrates distortion of features,…
The deceased man had electrical marks on his fingers and lips, which were stained green from metallization from…
Anterior aspect of a man who had constructed an explosive device using dynamite. The device probably detonated prematurely,…
Suicidal twelve-bore shotgun wound. Not all such wounds are circular – this one has torn a large defect…
Note the incised-like nature of wounds with cutting of underlying bone. A chop wound is caused by a…
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Russia. A man was nearly decapitated in a fatal car crash when he lost control of his car.…
This victim was inhaling an unknown chemical substance while practicing autoerotic activities. Autoerotic death refers to the accidental…
Two young men were killed in a residence when a military-type explosion device detonated. The extent of the…
Germany. A 22-year-old woman was found dead in her flat, lying fully dressed in her bed. Her arms…
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This individual has stippling around the gunshot entrance wounds of the face, no further info. Stippling (or powder…
Spain. This individual cut his throat with a broken glass in a suicide attempt, the individual was suffering…
Smothering and suffocation are often used interchangeably, but the term “smothering” is best used for that form of…
This individual died after falling from a height. Severe disruption of the usual facial architecture can be observed.…
Blunt impact injuries result from direct contact of a blunt object with a body. A contusion results from…
USA. A 36-year-old white man committed suicide after carrying out an attack that left 1 coworker dead and…
Suicidal twelve-bore shotgun wound. The entrance is one of the ‘sites of election’, in the neck. One barrel…
This man has been decapitated, no further info. Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the…
Gunshot wound with stellate blow back lacerations. In contact gunshot wounds with bony tissue underlying the injury, the…
Spain. The throat of this individual was cut in a homicide. A homicidal throat cut is usually forceful,…
A man was operating a jet ski when he was fatally struck by a boat. His shirt has…
Lacerations inflicted by a claw hammer. Multiple lacerations with split and abraded margins are typical for bludgeoning but…
Russia. A man murdered his friend with multiple stab wounds, and then cut off pieces of the body…
The head of this individual was crushed when he was hit by a train. Trespassing along railroad rights-of-way…
Russia. This woman was attacked by a Bull Terrier and suffered fatal bites to her face and neck.…
A driver of a bonnet-front Skoda Octavia was driving at night on a German motorway. He suddenly recognized…
Exhumation after 9 months due to suspicion of death due to iatrogenic causes. Exhumation is the retrieval of…
Particular caution is advisable when dealing with heavily decomposed bodies. In this head of a young man infested…
The phenomenon of postmortem animal interference with human bodies or their remains is a substantial part of the…
Videos began circulating on social media recently showing a young man masturbating in a bathroom before being brutally…
This individual has a gunshot in the mouth from a point blank range. Radial ruptures of the wound…
Explosive-induced trauma of the jaw and mouth, with gaping lacerations and tears. Deaths involving explosives may occur intentionally,…
Germany. During fire-fighting operations in a hotel apartment, the firemen found the decapitated body of a 40-year-old apartment…
This man committed suicide in his storage room with a gun, no further info. People use guns for…
The victim was stabbed to death and dismembered thereafter by the perpetrator. No further info. Stab wounds and…
Facial injuries caused by kicking and stamping. Death was caused by multiple fractures of the facial bones and…
This individual was hit by a car and slid on the road surface that lead to injuries to…
An elderly woman was found dead in October 2002 in her third floor apartment in urban Cologne, Germany.…
Whether the death is accidental, suicidal, or homicidal is one of the main questions asked of the forensic…
Postmortem animal interference of human corpses or remains is a well known phenomenon to forensic death investigators, the…
This woman has fatal injuries after falling on an escalator. Linear lacerations and abrasions are clearly consistent with…
A 22-year-old woman in Russia committed suicide by lying on the tracks in front of an oncoming train.…
The stippling around an intermediate-range gunshot wound will vary with the firearm and ammunition used. This is an…
A man’s body was found floating in the ocean approximately one-half mile offshore. A gaping head wound was…
Many well documented reviews of gunshot suicides show that the weapon is found to be still in the…
Decomposition, or putrefaction, is a combination of two processes: autolysis and bacterial action. Autolysis is the breakdown of…
This man committed suicide through the mouth with a rifle, in the photo we see the exit wound…
An unrestrained right rear seat passenger was propelled forward during a front-end collision. She landed in the right…
Contact entry gunshot wound from a .22-caliber magnum. A magnum load, because it has more gunpowder in the…
A man was found dressed in a formal suit, having taken his own life with a self-inflicted shotgun…
! Child death warning ! The Russia-Ukraine war, now entering its fourth year as of April 2025, has…
Dismembered torso in a homicide case. The severed neck of a dismembered torso must be inspected carefully for…
This photo shows the effect of a bullet that has grazed the scalp. A bullet graze wound occurs…
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.…
