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Spain. Destruction of the facial skeleton due to shotgun blast. No further info. Shotguns differ from rifles and…
This individual fell from a height and suffered fatal destruction of the head with a loss of a…
New Delhi, India. The incident took place in one of the guest houses in the city. The deceased…
This individual has a contact-range gunshot wound on the forehead. No further info. In contact gunshot wounds with…
Pasadena, Texas, 1975. The nude body of 22-year-old Deborah Elizabeth Hester was found strangled in her apartment. She…
Larimer County, Loveland, Colorado, USA. The decedent and one employee were trimming trees on private residential property. The…
Australia - This middle-aged male individual was assaulted in his home. When the individual was located his ankles…
This individual suffered a fatal head crushing injury, no further info. A crushing brain injury causes damage to…
October 1998 - Bellingham, Washington, US. 20-year-old Keri Lynn was visiting relatives in Bellingham, Washington, and she had…
Decomposition of the entire body, including discoloration, skin slippage, bloating, mummification of lower arms, legs, and thighs, and…
Note the bulging eyes, lips and face with protrusion of the tongue on this decomposing individual, all related…
This individual has a shotgun shot wound. A large central defect is surrounded by smaller shotgun shot wounds…
South Korea. A 53-year-old man was found dead on the roof of a freight elevator car installed on…
C.a. 1995. This individual died during autoerotic activity, it is possible the individual was inhaling some chemical inside…
Destruction of most of the head from a contact shotgun wound. There was no further info about this…
Australia. This male individual died from sharp-force injuries to the chest and left wrist in the setting of…
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This body was recovered after fourteen days in a well-heated residence. The necks of the teeth display ‘pink’…
Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan, Russia - November 2020. A 65-year-old worker died at the KAMAZ PJSC factory when he…
This man died after choking on scrambled eggs which can be seen draining out of the mouth, no…
February 14th 2000 - Mendig, Germany. Following routine maintenance, a Sikorsky CH-53G military helicopter was returned to service.…
A 40-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment lying supine on the bed and the upper trunk…
Contact wound of the right temple with evisceration of the brain. Note soot at the entrance site. In…
This woman was shot in the face at close range with a bullet from a 30.06 rifle in…
New York - Stab wounds into the victim’s back made with a large bladed knife. No further info…
Chicago, Illinois. The victim of a lust murder, who had been stabbed multiple times in the chest with…
Dumped body (Illinois State Police case Highway 64). Animal scavenging on face and left arm. This victim was…
This individual died and was attacked postmortem by a cat, no further info. Postmortem animal depredation is a…
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This victim fell off a tractor and sustained severe chop injuries when he was overrun by the chopping…
Spain. Middle facial injury with cranial rupture caused by shotgun blast. No further info. Despite the extreme amount…
Pontiac, Michigan, US. On Tuesday, July 11, 1995, the nude and battered body of Margaret Midkiff, a 43-year-old,…
Germany. A 45-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging herself in her bathroom. The string was attached to the…
Indian River County, Florida, US. On July 26, 1983, David Alan Gore and his cousin, Fred Waterfield, were…
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Homewood, Alabama, US. On March 9, 1990, Homewood Police responded to a report of a murder from the…
In some contact rifle wounds of the head, the entrance may be difficult to locate because of the…
In contact gunshot wounds with bony tissue underlying the injury, the injuries are typically called a stellate wound,…
Poland. A grandmother found the corpse of her grandson in an apartment in a block of flats in…
This individual placed a 12-gauge shotgun against his right temple and pulled the trigger. As can be noted,…
India. This individual died when he was hit by a train, no further info. In 2020 more than…
Los Angeles. A murder case showing sex-related mutilation. No further info about this case. A lust murder is…
Dallas, Texas, US. This image shows multiple injuries on a young adult female from an attack by three…
Swelling of the scrotum and abdomen occurs with putrefaction as gases accumulate from bacterial action. Numerous maggots can…
Bodies removed from water show excessive gas production and tissue discoloration, owing to explosive bacterial gas production. The…
Australia. This elderly woman was located in a state of advanced decomposition. Because of decomposition the body was…
Township of Van Buren, Michigan. Police received an anonymous call reporting a body of a female in an…
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Composite facial allografts have become increasingly popular in the reconstruction of complex…
Czech Republic. A 39-year-old man was discovered dead in the bathroom of his house, hanging by the neck…
Germany. On a rainy September day, a 32-year-old man was working on a 50-m (164 ft) high Ferris…
A hard-contact wound of the head with the central entrance wound containing a marginal abrasion, soot, and searing…
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The image is of a body at the bodyfarm at The University of Tennessee Anthropology Research Facility. The…
Toronto, Canada. A 34-year-old intoxicated male was found dead in his apartment. On scene inspection, the deceased body…
South Korea. Loosely translated from Korean. The deceased is a 48-year-old man who had been suffering from schizophrenia…
Skeletonization of the head, neck, and the left hand due to animal predation in a body that was…
South Korea. Most cases of ligature strangulation are generally homicides, and deaths due to suicide or accident are…
Extreme case of sadomasochism. This man inserted large dildos into his anus and with the trapeze-like contraption could…
This individual has a 12 gauge single-shot shotgun wound to the side of the head. Found supine on…
Italy. An 83-year-old man, killed by his son, was found dead in the dining room of his apartment,…
Decomposed sclera showing hemorrhagic discoloration of the whites of the eyes. This is sometimes misinterpreted as true injury.…
Vandalia, Ohio. On June 22, 2013, an airplane carrying wing walker Jane Wicker crashed at the Vectren Dayton…
A body was dumped in a wooded area near Los Angeles. By the time it was discovered about…
In this case, police and scene investigators were suspicious that this individual was killed by blunt force injuries…
On February 21, 1997, at approximately 4:09 p.m., the Pottawatomie County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Department took a missing person’s…
This individual committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a hunting rifle, no further info on…
Billings, Montana - This 66-year-old man committed suicide after being told he had cancer. The entrance of the…
The woman in this photo passed away, and an animal in the household started to eat her face…
Decomposition studies have elucidated many different factors affecting the rate and process of decomposition. However, no study has…
A typical area of carnivore activity centered around the mouth of a decedent can be seen in this…
November 2017 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil. A 57-year-old female was found dead in a room in the residence…
South Korea. Loosely translated from Korean. The deceased was a 61-year-old unemployed woman who lived alone. The mother…
The woman shown in the images was trying to open the electronically controlled iron gate by reaching through…
Badly decomposed bodies like the one shown here are typically not visually identifiable. I have no further info…
August 2016 - Italy. The police was called to a villa, following the reporting by neighbors of malodorous…
I colorized the original black and white images. Poland, 1999. A 26-year-old man killed his father by multiple…
This individual has stippling around the gunshot entrance wounds of the face, intermediate range, no further info. Stippling…
January 2017 - Pretoria, South Africa. A 76-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to a medico-legal postmortem examination after…
Four friends came from South America to vacation for a week (Probably Florida c.a. 2000). When one of…
A 39-year-old prostitute stabbed and beaten. Nipples cut off and “skinned” in pubic and perineal region. No further…
In these intraoral gunshot wounds, note the tissue tears extending from the sides of the mouth. These tears…
Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Police were summoned to a home of a woman who reported that there had been…
The head must be slightly raised with appropriate supports. There is no one correct device; each autopsy surgeon…
Mummification occurs in hot, dry environments. The body dehydrates and bacterial proliferation may be minimal. The skin becomes…
Destruction of most of the head from a contact shotgun wound with preservation of the avulsed brain (next…
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North Carolina, USA. The body of a white female, 33 years old, who had recently been laid off…
From the very little info I found, this happened in 2015 in Saudi Arabia, this guy had been…
Italy. When a 38-year-old policeman did not arrive at work and could not be reached by telephone, two…
In this particular case, the badly charred and burned remains of the victim of a kidnapping, rape, and…
This middle-aged individual was involved in an altercation with another male relating to the manufacture of amphetamines. Circumstantial…
This individual who was an alcoholic was found dead, and in the bloating stage of decomposition. The t-shirt…
This man committed suicide by cutting his throat while he was sitting on a bed opposite his own…
This deceased individual has multiple stab wounds on the back from the same knife, showing differing shapes and…
Detroit, MI. USA - A 21-year-old man was noted by family members to go into the garage behind…
The decomposing body of a woman was discovered in a bathroom in Indonesia, no further info. Putrefaction begins…
This individual died and was attacked postmortem by dogs, no further info. Postmortem animal depredation is a substantial…
This old man died and was then partially consumed by some mice, no further info. Postmortem animal interference…
This suicide shows the devastating result of a shotgun blast in the mouth, which resulted in the top…
Australia. A 69-year-old man was found lying on the floor at his home address(Fig. 1). According to the…
Note the bulging face with protrusion of the tongue on these decomposing individuals, all related to the decomposition…
Catastrophic disruption of the head after a distant range discharge. Homicide with a 30-06 Springfield rifle. Note petal…
Australia - 2016. Four elderly adults died in a light-plane accident. The light plane crashed into water. Male…
The partially clad body of a 22-year-old female, who had been beaten and sexually mutilated, was discovered in…
The catastrophic effect of an intraoral discharge. The head has completely opened up in a petal like fashion.…
Contact gunshot wound to the eye. Note the lacerations of the eyelid and eye globe with soot deposition…
Two vehicles collided in an intersection. Vehicle 2 collided with Vehicle 1 on the passenger side. A male…
New York, NY. This photo depicts a victim who has been smothered. She committed suicide by placing a…
Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Police officers were summoned to a residence to check on the welfare of a man…
Australia. This elderly male individual was significantly decomposed and not visually identifiable. Postmortem CT showed a metal orthopedic…
This individual received the injuries postmortem by rats, cause of death unknown. No further info on the case.…
Italy, 2014. A 41-year-old Spanish professional scuba diver, died while he was working to clear the wreck of…
Seoul, South Korea. The victim, a 46-year-old male dentist, was found dead of ligature strangulation next to a…
Chicago, Illinois. This photo illustrates decomposition, skin slippage, lividity, and marbling. No further info. Skin slippage is something…
A series of murders occurred in Washington State in 1990. The murders began in Bellevue, Washington, in June…
Decomposition: extreme tissue discoloration and gas formation in a body removed from water. Bodies removed from water show…
Forensic entomology is the study of insects as they relate to death investigation. For example, fly larvae can…
Spain. This individual died after ingesting poison. The injuries were inflicted postmortem by a dog. No further info.…
An elderly male was found dead, slightly decomposed, lying on a couch with a pair of scissors protruding…
This victim’s throat was slashed. No further info about this case. Slash wounds occur as a result of…
This male individual was driving when an LPG cylinder(Liquefied petroleum gas), which was in the front passenger side…
This victim shot himself under the chin with a shotgun creating this classic massive tissue destruction. No further…
This male individual placed an explosive detonator in his mouth. There was extensive destruction of the bone and…
This individual was found in the Northern Adriatic Sea, near Italy. No further info. Many times it is…
Spain. This middle-aged woman with major depressive disorder committed suicide by train. No further info. Suicide by collision…
Woman’s body lying face down in a bathtub in an advanced state of decomposition and with no apparent…
East Lake, Ohio. Police who had responded to an emergency call discovered a woman named Susan murdered in…
A contact shotgun wound of the lower chin. Note the stretch-type lacerations of the right side of the…
There was no info about this case, so here's just some general info: At close range, the shotgun…
Chicago, Illinois. This victim was inhaling an unknown chemical substance while practicing autoerotic activities. He was wearing a…
This individual shown here had been dead approximately two weeks in an unheated, unventilated room. Note the extreme…
This individual has died after a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, no further info. The head is the…
![Fig.1 The body at the scene. Decedent lying on his right side, covered with a blue plastic bag; below the bag also the upper part of 5-L propane/butane gas bottle. [Colorized]](https://i0.wp.com/www.hermantheshocker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/001-3-1.jpg?resize=600%2C403&ssl=1)
A 30-year-old male was found fully dressed lying on his right side on his sofa in his flat.…
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, US. On November 3 1998, a man and a woman encountered a gunman on the front…
Grand Prairie, Texas - The victim’s throat was slashed by her assailant during a sexual assault and murder.…
A 52-year-old man was found dead, already putrefied, in his apartment. He wore women’s underwear with a female…
I don't have the backstory from this case but here's some general info. At close range, the shotgun…
Case scenario April 2019 - Mönchengladbach, Germany. Two men had met on a bus and after a conversation…
India. This individual was beheaded when he got hit by a train, no further info. In 2020 more…
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Maryland, USA. The unusual position of the body at this scene resulted from the deceased experiencing a heart…
Serbia. A 63-year-old mechanic, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was released from a psychiatric clinic to spend a weekend with…
Asbest, Russia - A 27-year-old resident of the city of Asbest died when a car he was a…
This individual has an extensive destruction of the head, I don't have the details of what happened, I…
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The corpse of this individual was found in his apartment, the deceased is partially clothed and partially covered.…
Grinding and compression forces can cause crushing injuries of tissues. This form of injury may cause total or…
A 28-year-old man was driving a car at a speed of approximately 80 km/h (49.7 mph) on a…
This individual died from natural causes while taking a bath. Dark-yellow and brown discoloration can be seen due…
This victim shot himself under the chin with a 7.62 calibre rifle creating massive tissue destruction, no further…
A 77-year-old woman in the Czech Republic committed suicide by train. The face of the woman was reconstructed…
Note the bulging eyes, lips and face with protrusion of the tongue on this decomposing individual, all related…
This woman died after getting hit by a train. Her right arm got amputated along with bruising of…
A 54-year-old man was found dead on his bed next to a red shoehorn. Perhaps he just wanted…
Skeletonization is the total or partial loss of soft tissue (complete or incomplete skeletonization, respectively) with resultant exposure…
Marked putrefactive change with dark brown discoloration and maggot feeding. Note the small circular perforations caused by maggots…
Germany. Translated by Hermantheshocker. The bodies of a 27-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were found lying entwined…
This woman was decapitated after committing suicide by hanging. The image was in black and white and I…
Animal predation is less commonly seen than insect predation. Because most putrefied bodies are recovered from a home…
This woman was shot it the neck, note the defense wounds on her left hand from trying to…
US - 28 July 2005. A Westchester County man died Thursday afternoon in a crash on Route 287.…
Australia. This case demonstrates the death of a 69-year-old male which has occurred in the setting of a…
An extreme example of facial splitting from an intraoral discharge. Conspicuous splitting is noted along the paranasal and…
This individual was found in the Northern Adriatic Sea, near Italy. No further info. Many times it is…
Germany. This 70-year-old man committed suicide by gunshot to the forehead. He was found kneeling by his bathtub,…
Homicidal cut throat, showing single slash with no tentative cuts. Clean-cut edges with no sign of repetitive strokes,…
Germany - On New Year's Eve, a 33-year old hobby pyrotechnician sustained a lethal craniofacial trauma secondary to…
Head injuries from shotguns and high-powered rifles are typically quite devastating, often with extensive soft tissue destruction, skull…
Sacramento, California, USA. On December 29, 1977. A 51-year-old man, who had exited his house to retrieve groceries…
This individual committed intraoral suicide with a shotgun. The shotgun wound resulted in extreme facial splitting from the…
March 18, 2003 - Bonn, Germany. A lethal occupational accident occurred at the Bonn Salierweg sewage treatment plant…
This individual died after getting attacked with a broken bottle that slashed his neck, no more info. A…
Newport, Rhode Island. The body of a man who overdosed on methadone has gone into gross decomposition. No…
2010 - Montana, US. This 25-year-old man apparently was known to have been drinking into the early morning…
This decomposing individual died of natural causes while sitting in a warm tub. Note the bloating from putrefactive…
Germany. A decomposed body was found hanging from a tree in a forest. The body belonged to a…
Huntington Beach, California. The victim was a white male, 37 years of age, living alone in a large…
Pachuca, Mexico. This happened about ~10 years ago. A woman died when she fell into a rotating machine…
Note the bulging eyes and face on this decomposing individual, all related to the decomposition process. No further…
India. A 24-year-old woman was traveling in a bus with her child and husband, she was seated on…
This individual was murdered and stabbed with various kitchen utensils, no further info about this case. The general…
This individual was found mummified in a locked room 10 weeks after death. The corpse is dry and…
An elderly male pilot was flying a microlight aircraft with one middle-aged male passenger in the rear of…
The individual in the picture has a tangential distant gunshot wound produced by mag-safe ammunition (prefragmented). I don't…
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Nassau County, New York - Suicidal stab wound into a female victim’s chest with the knife left in…
India. A young man aged about 26-year got married a couple of years back, he used to maintain…
In mid-November 2010 a hunter walking on the Po river bank near Parma (Emilia-Romagna Region, in the north-east…
Image from NYPD Crime Scene Unit. In this case a person's body had become fatally impaled on a…
Columbus, Ohio. The victim was a 22-year-old male, who reportedly had been experimenting with asphyxial recreation for a…
This 55 year old male was fatally crushed by a concrete culvert. He suffered from compound skull fractures,…
This individual received the injuries postmortem by rodents, cause of death unknown. No further info on the case.…
Brazil. A 38-year-old man was found dead in his house, already in a state of decomposition, with no…
Mishawaka, Indiana, US. In the fall of 2011, the badly injured body of a 65-year-old male was found…
Blast injury. The suicide victim detonated one kilogram of TNT on his chest. No further info. Explosive-caused injuries…
Germany. Complex suicide of a 31-year-old man following the attempted killing of his 29-year-old partner. Atypical hanging in…
Note the bulging eyes, lips and face with protrusion of the tongue on these decomposing individuals, all related…
Australia. This middle aged male individual was located at home in an advanced state of decomposition. Postmortem CT…
1994 - Rheine, Germany. A Chinese hand grenade type 86 P (weight approx. 290 g, approx. 1600 steel…
Krönlein shot indicates a prolapse of an intact brain hemisphere or, more rarely, of both brain hemispheres in…
Germany. Self-inflicted gunshot to the forehead with a shotgun. The scalp is torn open in several long stretches;…
This individual was ejected from a motor vehicle and fatally impacted a fence at a high rate of…
Germany. A 39-year-old metalworker was found dead in his workroom. He had manipulated a model cannon with jackscrews…
2011 - Portage, Indiana, USA. A 19-year-old woman named Amanda A.B. was reported missing by her father on…
Multiple lacerations to the back of the head in a homicide with a primary attack from behind. The…
This individual committed suicide by fastening cable ties around his neck, leading to suffocation. Each cable tie was…
Flash suppressors generally consist of a cylinder, having a number of longitudinal slits along its length that is…
Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. This individual shot himself in the head with an upward trajectory. The man was determined…
Figs.1-2 Advanced skeletonization of the skull after 1 week of lying on the ground in the woods in…
Australia. The remains of an adult male found in a river after a crocodile attack. The head had…
A middle-aged male was driving a semi-tractor with an attached trailer in heavy fog. On approaching a sharp…
Intensive blue color of mouth and lips in a case of suicidal intoxication with solvents. No further info…
I colorized the original black and white images. The United Kingdom, ~1980s. The deceased was an unmarried 32-year-old…
The decomposition of the gastrointestinal tract results in a dark, foul-smelling liquid called "purge fluid" that is forced…
In Germany, a 65-year-old woman told police that she killed her 71-year-old husband the previous evening and then…
Contact-range discharge to the left side of the neck (12 G shotgun, homicide). (left image) Exit site on…
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April 1995 - East Wenatchee, WA, USA. A young woman discovered the bodies of her mother and sister.…
Initially, it may be difficult to distinguish the entrance and exit wounds, but by loosely reconstructing the skull…
Although putrefaction is a mainly anaerobic bacterial reduction process, decomposition is dominated by aerobic microbiological processes that may…
Hobbs, New Mexico, USA. This was the view that the arriving police officers had when they responded to…
This photograph illustrates the devastating effect of a high-powered weapon placed into the mouth of a suicide victim.…
I have no info on this case but it looks like he may have survived. Head injuries from…
The woman in this photograph committed suicide with a box cutter by severing the peroneal artery, which is…
I colored and upscaled the original low quality black and white image, quality is rather poor. Chopping wounds…
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. This individual committed suicide by intraoral gunshot wound to the head, no further info.…
This individual was involved in a fatal high-velocity accident resulting in facial trauma with loss of skin, soft…
Moderately early changes of decomposition, showing gaseous distension of the breasts and abdomen. Skin slippage, marbling, and blistering…
Spain. The photos are of a victim of homicide with an axe. This is a case of homicide…
King County, WA, USA. The face of this woman shows typical postmortem animal scavenging injuries, in this case…
King County, WA, USA. This woman was found dead at her residence. She has been stabbed multiple times…
This individual killed himself with a gunshot under the chin creating a massive tissue destruction. Facial disruption can…
On Halloween night, 1979, at approximately 10:30 p.m. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris abducted their final victim, 16-year-old…
Spain. This is a case of gender-based violence and murder, with the perpetrator subsequently killing themselves (i.e., murder-suicide)…
There was no information with this image, I assume it's a homicide rather than a suicide, but I…
This individual was found in a state of decomposition inside plastic bags buried in soil. No further info…
Note the bulging eyes, lips and face with protrusion of the tongue on this decomposing individual, all related…
In cases of trauma, it may be necessary to dissect the soft tissue of the face that lies…
Incised wounds of the neck can be accidental, homicidal or suicidal. Accidental wounds are extremely rare, usually seen…
Stuart, Florida, USA. Occasionally, self-inflicted gunshots involve elaborate apparatus. This individual took the time and patience to construct…
Mummification occurs in hot, dry environments. The body dehydrates and bacterial proliferation may be minimal. The skin becomes…
This is the body of a 74-year-old woman who died while taking a hot bath, she was found…
Massive explosive burstlike exit wound to the head from a .30-06 hunting rifle suicide. Note outward petal like…
Two persons were flying in a gyrocopter when deteriorating weather conditions resulted in the gyrocopter crashing. A middle-aged…
This individual has a contact gunshot wound on the forehead. Note the split by tears radiating from a…
Spain. The body of a 22-year-old man was found inside a metal workshop lying on the bench of…
1998 - Miami-Dade County, Florida, US. This young man has a self-inflicted intraoral shotgun wound with birdshot ammunition.…
Drowning victim in Australia showing evidence of prolonged immersion, focal skeletonization, and evidence of postmortem marine feeding activity.…
Notice the linear tears extending laterally from the corners of this individuals mouth after the tremendous force imparted…
This woman was strangled and died, note the scleral hemorrhages and petechiae, larger scleral hemorrhages can be seen…
Crushing head injuries are characterized by extensive soft tissue laceration, closed and open comminuted fractures of cranial and…
Mummification occurs in hot, dry environments. The body dehydrates and bacterial proliferation may be minimal. The skin becomes…
A 44-year-old man was found deceased after an autoerotic activity, he had pulled a plastic bag over his…
I unfortunately don't have the backstory here, other than this is from a case of postmortem animal interference,…
Alabama, United States. This young man was working at a loading dock when a reversing semi-trailer crushed his…
![Fig.1 Wounds caused by a German shepherd postmortem [Colorized].](https://i0.wp.com/www.hermantheshocker.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/001-10.jpg?resize=600%2C403&ssl=1)
I colorized the original black and white image. Rounded, regular wound margins caused by a German shepherd postmortem.…
This woman committed suicide with a gun under the chin, her finger was on the trigger when found,…
A 68-year-old male with a history of chronic ethanol abuse was found dead in his washroom with blood…
Skeletonization is the total or partial loss of soft tissue (complete or incomplete skeletonization, respectively) with resultant exposure…
This body was discovered in a suitcase in Los Angeles. No further info. If a body has been…
On March 13, 1999, in San Luis Obispo, California, Aundria Crawford was reported missing by her mother. Aundria’s…
This body was found floating in the Hudson River just to the west of Manhattan. The missing hands…
Suicide with a homemade 12-gauge shotgun cartridge filled with screws, nuts, and other metal objects
The image shows a wound caused by a flare gun that fired a homemade 12-gauge shotgun cartridge filled…
This individual committed suicide with a gun, there was no further info but it looks like he might…
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This individual committed suicide with a sawed-off IZH-18 shotgun. The entrance wound is on the forehead and has…
This individual died after getting electrocuted, an electric arc formed and burned away part of his neck. An…
Identification of decomposed remains requires techniques such as forensic odontology, forensic anthropology, and/or DNA typing. This victim was…
This male individual jumped from the 28th floor of an apartment block and fell approximately 84 m (275…
Germany. A 21-year-old man was found hanging in a stairwell. A noose ran around the neck, ascending to…
Police responded to a single-family residence. Upon arrival, they were met at the front door by the victim’s…
This 33-year-old man was riding his bicycle on the interstate highway when he was struck by a tractor-trailer.…
This 52-year-old man sustained an intermediate range rifle wound to the left side of his head from a…
Skeletonization is the state of a dead organism after undergoing decomposition. Skeletonization refers to the final stage of…
City of Lacey, Washington, USA. Police were called to a hotel after employees discovered a deceased man locked…
New York. Note the bloating and peeling of skin. This body was indoors with the windows closed and…
There was no further info with the images except that this happened in Southern Arizona. From a study…
Hangings in jail using telephone cords have been described in the literature. Note the telephone cord looped around…
The driver of a van was approaching a toll booth at a high rate of speed in dense…
A 24-year-old man ran out into the street while being chased by security guards, after being caught shoplifting.…
