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Decomposition

Skeletonization and postmortem marine feeding activity on a drowning victim

Fig.1 Fracture of maxilla and extensive tears around the mouth in a suicide case with a high-velocity firearm.

Suicide

The rapid expansion of departed hot gases from firearms can cause facial features to balloon far beyond their elastic capacity

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Homicide

Scleral hemorrhages in the eye of a strangled woman

Fig.1 Case 1, destruction of the cranium by a contact shot with hunting rifle (CZ 550, caliber 308 W, projectile SPCE-soft point cutting edge, 150 g) to the right temple. Bursting of the skullcap with complete exenteration of the brain (Krönlein shot).

Accident Suicide

Reconstruction of devastating head injuries

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Decomposition Mummification

Hot, dry conditions cause mummification, or the drying out of tissues

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Accident Asphyxiation Autoerotic Death

Autoerotic death inside plastic bag wearing latex mask and nipple clamps

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Animal Scavenging

Postmortem animal interference on a female corpse

Fig.1 Obviously distorted appearance of the head.

Accident

Distorted appearance of the head from a fatal crush injury

Fig.1 Wounds caused by a German shepherd postmortem [Colorized].

Animal Scavenging

Face and neck eaten by German shepherd

Fig.1 This woman committed suicide, note the raccoon eyes.

Suicide

Raccoon eyes on a suicide victim