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Occasionally, one is able to glean important information from wounds such as in the 19-year-old female featured in this image. This individual was one of four people killed in a single-vehicle accident. The patterned abrasion on her chest is consistent with that left by a passenger-side seat belt. This feature proved key to the ultimate identification of the driver because severe body fragmentation and commingling at the scene led to confusion among investigators.

Fig.1 Patterned abrasion on the chest from seat belt.

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Fig.5 Incomplete decapitation with severe damage of the head and exenteration of the brain.

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