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On Halloween, 2006, 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras crashed her father’s Porsche 911 Carrera, driving at more than 100 miles…
Homicidal cut throat. No further info. Cut throats can be homicidal, suicidal or accidental. Homicidal cut-throats are a…
This individual was killed when he was run over by a vehicle. One characteristic of traffic accidents is…
This woman’s face was eaten by the family dog postmortem, which increased putrefactive changes to the internal components…
Facial injuries sustained when a letter bomb exploded as it was being opened. No further info. It is…
The figure shows three radiating petals from the entrance wound under the jaw of a victim of suicide…
This individual died after getting hit by a train, no further info. Railroad deaths in the US totaled…
A 42-year-old man was found with his head, torso, and most of his upper and lower extremities completely…
This individual has been stabbed multiple times in the chest and abdomen, the body has been washed at…
A war crimes investigation in Serbia and Republika Srpska of a beheaded Serb by a Bosnian Al-Qaeda terrorist…
Bronx, New York City. This is the victim of a rape–homicide that occurred in an unoccupied apartment within…
Spain. Open secondary skull fracture at exit of a shotgun blast. No further info. Head injuries from shotguns…
Avulsion laceration produced from a shearing-type force, with a resultant ‘flap’ of torn & undermined tissue. Raccoon eyes…
Tangential gunshot wound of the left cheek from a 9 mm bullet. If a bullet is deformed or…
Intermediate-range gunshot wound from a .357 Magnum—range of approximately 1 ft. Irregular, cruciform, or stellate entrance wounds can…
Japan. A 59-year-old male was driving a car on the road. The back of his car was hit…
Brain tissue that has undergone pulp-like transformation (burial time, 7 weeks). In the case of a naturally mummified…
Bloating of face and effusion of blood-tinged fluid from the nostrils and mouth. A body recovered from water,…
This woman was a pedestrian who was run over by a large, heavy truck. Note the severe amount…
This individual committed suicide with a chainsaw into the right side of the face. No further info. Suicides,…
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In this case, police and scene investigators were suspicious that this individual was killed by blunt force injuries…
A 49-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment after a fire in a residential building in Germany.…
West Virginia, USA. A 69-year-old male who was found underneath an industrial-sized lawn mower in a rural area.…
This woman was located deceased at home in her bedroom wearing only a pair of underpants, lying on…
A 23-year-old police officer was killed while on duty. The victim was attacked by multiple assailants, and one…
Complete destruction of the head from a gunshot suicide. No further info. Head injuries from shotguns and high-powered…
The body of this woman had been in the water for approximately one week. Notice the effects of…
Germany. In early September 2011, after a 2-week holiday, a 26-year-old man failed to show up for work…
A 55-year-old man was found dead in his friend’s apartment. The victim’s body was suspended in a special…
France. A 59-year-old woman was assaulted by her son with a Japanese sword (katana) with a total length…
Occasionally, people shooting themselves in the mouth tilt their heads too far back- ward before firing. This results…
Tentative cuts inflicted with suicidal intent accompanied by deep stab/incised wounds to the soft tissue of the neck.…
January 16, 2006 - El Paso, TX, USA. A mechanic standing near a Boeing 737 at El Paso…
A US sailor from Macomb County was killed when he was struck by the wing of a fighter…
Associated with putrefaction is the production of gases. These gases, primarily located in the abdomen, cause the body…
This individual committed suicide with broken glass from a picture frame. No further info. Sharp-force injuries are defined…
On 11 July 2017, the dead body of a 39-year-old man was found in his apartment in a…
Here we see an extensive whitish-gray fungal colonization on a corpse's face following a burial time of 7…
The body of this decomposed individual was pulled from the sea. The loss of tissue around eyes and…
Postmortem protrusion of the tongue due to putrefactive gas formation and purging of putrefactive fluid from the nostrils.…
Maggots are the larval form of flies. Flies lay their eggs in small and sometimes large bulky clusters…
Texas, USA. These photos illustrate the appearance of a crime scene indoors involving a high velocity weapon. The…
September, 2016 - Israel. A 65-year-old surveyor was killed at a work site to widen Road 531 in…
San Rafael del Yuma, Dominican Republic - 2019. Janel Aquiles Cedano de León, a 35 year old teacher…
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Brazil - 2019. A 34-year-old woman died in a head-on collision with a truck on the PR-323 highway…
Thailand. A 40-year-old taxi driver broke in to the apartment of his ex-wife and set it on fire,…
Bangkok, Thailand - 2014. A 28-year-old Russian woman, Svetlana Pokasova, was killed after she fell from her room…
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down…
A 71-year-old man was found dead in his locked apartment in a prone position on the floor of…
This individual was found in a state of advanced decay, he had committed suicide by hanging. No further…
Skeletonization is the removal of tissues from the skeleton or bones. It may be complete where all soft…
Madrid, Spain. Corpse of a 48-year-old woman, found in the bathroom in her home address, in a bathtub…
Germany. In March of 2007, a 50-year-old man was fatally injured when his single-engine low wing propeller aircraft…
2005 - Italy. A young man was found dead in the garage of his house. Extremely poor hygiene…
Russia. This individual has multiple cut wounds and slash wounds on his face. No further info. Slash wounds…
Maggots cause most of the body's decomposition because the maggot will do the majority of the eating. Maggots…
Suicide by train. Decapitation of the head. No further info. Unfortunately, suicides by train do occur, and they…
USA. A planned complex suicide. Note the gun on the floor near the decedent’s feet. The victim had…
2001 - Ventura County, California. The decomposed body of an elderly male was found floating in the ocean…
This individual died from a gunshot wound to the head. No further info. The head is the most…
Nassau County, New York. The body of a homicide victim recovered from the waters with the hands still…
This man had a fatal accident and has suffered traumatizing injuries on his face. No further info. Soft…
These remains were found in a ditch along a gravel road, at the edge of a National Forest.…
The body of a 39-year-old man without any history of drug abuse or illness was found in a…
An elderly woman with schizophrenia presented with a pair of scissors penetrating her left orbit and an enucleated…
Twin brothers committed suicide together with a gunshot wound to the head from self-constructed shooting devices, they were…
Spain. This individual committed suicide by suffocation with a bag and cable ties. After placing the bag over…
Body of a 42-year-old male found dead in the steam room approximately 8 hours after having gone alone…
Spain. Injuries caused by multiple projectiles (shotgun), with submental entry hole and exit with cranial rupture. No further…
Here the surgeons have performed a mock facial transplantation by harvesting total facial-scalp flaps from a donor and…
San Fransisco, US - 2008. This individual had died and his body scavenged by animals postmortem, no further…
This individual fell from a great height and died. He suffered from crushing facial injuries and crushing brain…
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Clothing on a drowning victim will alter the buoyancy and the progression of decomposition. It may also be…
This male individual lost control of his glider shortly after take-off and flipped upside down. The glider then…
This individual shot himself under the chin from a 12 gauge shotgun and walked 10–15 ft to his…
This woman was hit by a train and killed, no further info. In 2020, 1.331 significant railway accidents…
Norway. In June 2003, a small Mazda 232 automobile was involved in an accident. In a sharp left…
Spain. A 59-year-old man was discovered dead in his home, he was suspended by a harness and a…
This individual committed suicide by an intraoral gunshot wound. In the tremendous force imparted by the expulsion of…
Maggots cause most of the body's decomposition because the maggot will do the majority of the eating. Maggots…
This woman was murdered and dismembered, and her face peeled off. No further info. Fig.1 The woman had…
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Note the bulging eyes, lips and face with protrusion of the tongue on this decomposing individual, all related…
Hungary. A man received an email from his 51-year-old brother that he was planning to commit suicide. He…
Virginia, US. A 57-year-old white man with a history of depression and prior suicidal ideation was found lifeless…
US. A 20-year-old white man was found dead by his father in the subject’s bedroom, reclining in a…
Covington, Kentucky, USA - 2017. “I thought it was a prank because there was this body hanging out…
A rare case of homicidal double cut throat – on front and back. There is also a deep…
Germany. A 71-year-old man was found lying on the road at a village junction (30 km/h zone) with…
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Body in stages of black putrefaction apparent in extensive mottling, the draining of purge fluid,…
Wayne Township, New Jersey. This case involved an 87-year-old male who was discovered after police went to his…
This individual committed suicide by fall from height, no further info. A crushing brain injury causes damage to…
Germany. A 22-year-old woman who had suffered from anorexia for 10 years and had collapsed several times was…
This body was exhumed 5 years after death. Decompositional changes (putrefaction, mummification, and adipocere formation) are fueled by…
This individual was found dead in water. Postmortem activity by eels were discovered on the body. Such injuries…
USA. This 18-year-old man died in a motor vehicle crash with rollover and ejection. No further info. Rollover…
This individual died after shooting himself under the chin with a hunting rifle. No further info. Head injuries…
