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Patterned injury on the gluteal area of a victim who jumped from the 5th floor of a building,…
Tattooing results fom close range discharge, with gunpowder particles being impregnated into the skin. The dispersion pattern and…
Carbonized corpse prepared for dental identification. Postmortem identification represents one of the great branches of study and research…
Typical postmortem changes combined with mud and debris as well as sloughing of the skin of the hands…
Nassau County, New York. This photo depicts the position the body assumes as a result of intense heat…
September, 2020 - Jacareí, Brazil. An elderly man identified as Benedito Moreira was arrested on Tuesday, September 22,…
In contact gunshot wounds with bony tissue underlying the injury, the injuries are typically called a stellate wound,…
Victim of hemorrhaging peptic ulcer found on the floor in his bathroom. Note the brown color of the…
Switzerland. In October 2006, around 12 a.m., the Geneva Police Department police were informed that the body of…
Spain. Extensive destruction caused by an explosive device. No further info. Fig.1 Extensive destruction caused by an explosive…
Pontiac, Michigan. In a police interview, a man admitted to having gay tendencies at the age of seven.…
Skin slippage is a part of the decomposition process when the top layers of skin become disconnected from…
A recently deceased 48-year-old male was found supine, in a wooded area (Fig.1). There was a belt around…
When attempting to identify the remains of an unknown decomposed individual, it may be necessary to deflesh the…
Thermal charring (“fourth degree burns”). If an individual dies in a fire that continues to burn after death,…
Patterned lacerations from the claw end of a hammer. Claw hammers have the specific characteristic of having two…
Postmortem feeding from fish and crustaceans found on this body retrieved from the ocean. No further info. Bodies…
Multiple stab wounds into the back consistent with piquerism in a case of sexual homicide. Piquerism (from the…
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Russia - 2018. A 21-year-old Russian woman has been detained after confessing to dismembering the body of her…
Frontal aspect of a train after collision with a 63-year-old woman who remained standing between the rails in…
Spain. This middle-aged man committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, he connected the exhaust to a tube that…
Contact wound of the left breast from a double barrel 0.12 gauge shotgun with a muzzle impression from…
Facial dissection. Facial fractures may not be visualized by radiologic imaging techniques. In this case it was important…
A garbage truck driver under the influence of drugs did not see his coworker behind him and reversed…
Circular saw cuts of the neck in a suicide, no further info. Accidental table saw injuries are common…
Cranial burst from a contact gunshot wound to the forehead. No further info. In the head, neck, and…
27-year-old man was playing with a .40 caliber handgun and accidentally shot himself in the head. No further…
Spain. Maxillary fractures caused by shotgun blast suicide with entrance via the oral cavity. No further info. In…
Various insects may take advantage of the nutritional factors a decomposing body has to offer whether through natural…
This individual fell from a height in rough terrain, and the body was cut in half from the…
This individual has greenish putrefaction skin discoloration and purging of putrefactive fluid from mouth and nostrils. During the…
This is the case of a 41-year-old male with a two-year history of depressed mood, for which he…
Associated with putrefaction is the production of gases. These gases, primarily located in the abdomen, cause the body…
Spain. Suicide by hanging with two turns of the ligature and detail of the two furrows and jugular…
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Germany - February 20, 2008. 32-year-old Matthias Schoormann, AKA Troll, had played guitar in a black metal band…
Powder tattooing is seen in this intermediate range gunshot wound. The actual entrance site is somewhat irregular, because…
USA. A 37-year-old woman was found dead on a sofa. Foam cone from nose and mouth. 100 ug/hr…
Australia. This middle aged adult male has blunt- and sharp-force trauma injuries to the head and neck after…
India. On a fateful day, a 27-year-old mechanic was fixing the compressor of a nonworking AC when there…
On May 2, 2009, at approximately 1:30 in the morning, attorneys Barbara Scharton and Daniel Lyons, were murdered…
This individual committed suicide using a shotgun, no further info. The head is the most common location for…
There are five stages of decomposition, namely fresh, bloated, active decay, advanced decay, and skeletal stage. These stages…
Spain. There was no info if this was a suicide or an accident. Nitrous oxide is an inflammable…
Spain. Homicide. Gagging is a form of asphyxia which results from forcing a gag such as rolled up…
Multiple irregularly distributed deep stab wounds to the head and back: homicide by a perpetrator suffering from paranoid…
The forces necessary to cause skeletal fracture is usually significantly greater but may be dependent on the condition…
Lenexa, Kansas, US. Police were dispatched to an apartment complex at the request of a resident, who advised…
Russia. This individual died at his home from thromboembolism, he was found a week later, during that time…
Marbling is a common finding usually found after at least 24 h since death occurred and is a…
Germany. A 40-year-old man who lived alone was found deceased in his apartment on the 13th floor of…
Contact gunshot wound from a shotgun slug. The entrance wound can be seen under the chin and the…
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A 41-year-old woman, from Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal, who was decapitated by her husband in their bedroom. The victim…
This individual committed suicide with a gunshot under the chin using a rifle also resulting in a complete…
Italy. The victim was a 56-year-old woman whose body was found by the rescue team to be in…
An armed paramilitary group of about 30 men invaded the La Ceiba estate in sector Marimonda I, in…
USA. This apparent case of a sex slaying is actually a natural death due to a ruptured aneurysm.…
Contact gunshot wound with stellate blow back lacerations and singeing. In contact gunshot wounds with bony tissue underlying…
Suicide of a 53-year-old woman who inflicted cuts to both sides of her neck and to the flexor…
Explosive-induced trauma of the upper posterior part of the trunk with decapitation and gaping lacerations of the superior…
Decomposition of a corpse is a continual process that can take from weeks to years, depending on the…
Body in stages of black putrefaction. Black putrefaction is the stage where the exposed flesh blackens, and the…
The body of a 35-year-old woman was recovered from the bank of a swamp in the southeastern United…
Spain. A middle-aged woman suffering from major depressive disorder who jumped out of a fourth floor window in…
Identification may sometimes be challenging when the victim has severe injuries. This individual has facial injuries from a…
Adipocere, also known as corpse wax, grave wax or mortuary wax, is a wax-like organic substance formed by…
A woman was found prone on the floor next to her bed with her nightgown displaced upward, exposing…
Inspection of teeth in a skeletonized corpse. The teeth and dental restorations are the strongest elements in the…
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Russia. A mentally ill man killed his mentally ill mother. According to the son, the mother was possessed…
Distant-range wounds of the right side of the face (from a .357 Magnum revolver). Irregular, cruciform, or stellate…
Adipocere formation occurs by alteration of subcutaneous fat of a corpse into a grey-white lipid mixture. With time,…
Spain. This 55-year-old male was run over by a train with the intention of committing suicide. His family…
This cadaver is being dissected by medical students. A pacemaker can be seen on the chest. The modern…
Toronto, Canada. Body is bloated with increased internal gases heightened during mid-stages of putrifaction. Note the bagging of…
Penetration of the wrist and chest by a wooden component of a bus seat. The victim drove his…
If a body is placed in water containing a large amount of bacteria, such as that from sewage…
2012. The New York Police Department (NYPD) received a call informing them of a possible homicide. The informant…
Spain. Mummification occurs in hot, dry environments. The body dehydrates and bacterial proliferation may be minimal. The skin…
Spain. Homicide carried out by two attackers at the same time; one with a normal knife, and another…
This individual has signs of postmortem (after death) animal scavenging around the mouth, made by a dog that…
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Germany. A young, initially unidentified female was found dead in public on a snowy winter day. She was…
Advanced decomposition is characterized by an extremely bloated, greasy, and darkened body. This is the decomposed body of…
This individual committed suicide by gunshot wound of the forehead. A large stellate contact entrance wound of the…
Although putrefaction is a mainly anaerobic bacterial reduction process, decomposition is dominated by aerobic microbiological processes that may…
Maggots are the larval form of flies. Flies lay their eggs in small and sometimes large bulky clusters…
This individual has an extensive destruction of the head, no further info about this case. Head trauma from…
The individual in this photograph has postmortem changes associated with small fish that feed on soft tissue like…
Larger carnivore activity is common in rural and suburban areas. In many cases, there may be activity from…
Almaty, Kazakhstan - 29 May 2013. A young couple committed suicide together by jumping off a 12-story building.…
Extensive traces of scavenging next to the body after it had been enclosed at home for an extended…
