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Fig.1 Victim was found burned and chained to a metal support column beneath an I-beam. He had Darby cuffs securing his feet with a chain running up from the Darby cuffs to his handcuffed hands and then to the top of the metal support column where it was affixed to a padlock. There were severe burns to the waist, chest, and upper thighs, feet, and arms. Note the mirror in the background.

Accident Autoerotic Death Fire

Autoerotic death – Man found burned and chained to a metal support column

Fig.1 Anterior view of the head and chest of a man who was significantly decomposed and not visually identifiable.

Decomposition

Significantly decomposed individual

Fig.1 Postmortem rat bites.

Animal Scavenging Decomposition

Postmortem rat bites

Fig.1 The laceration of the pelvic floor with the testicles protrusion.

Accident

Fatal scuba diving accident during Costa Concordia recovery

Fig.1 Death scene. A 46-year-old male dentist was found dead of ligature strangulation next to a dental unit at the dental clinic where he worked.

Asphyxiation Hanging Suicide

Ligature strangulation using a dental unit

Fig.1 Skin slippage, lividity, and marbling.

Decomposition

Skin slippage, lividity, and marbling

Fig.4 Carol Marie Beethe was found in the bedroom of her home with a shotgun placed into her vagina. She also had been posed and propped for shock value.

Homicide Serial Killers

The victims of serial killer George Waterfield Russell Jr.

Fig.1 Extreme tissue discoloration and gas formation in a body removed from water.

Decomposition

Extreme tissue discoloration and gas formation

Fig.1 Maggot activity on a decomposing body.

Decomposition

Insects, carnivores, and other invaders can speed up the process of decomposition

Fig.1 Postmortem animal depredation after poisoning.

Animal Scavenging

Postmortem animal depredation after poisoning