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Fig.1 The victim lying dead in the bathtub. Her foot was cut off above the ankle following several incision wounds. The knife was found on the side of the bathtub near the faucet.

Suicide

Woman commits suicide by cutting off her foot

Fig.2 She was reaching through the bars to depress the button on the control panel when the gate crushed her.

Accident Asphyxiation

Woman crushed by a gate after trying to open it

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Decomposition

Badly decomposed bodies are typically not visually identifiable

Fig.4 Frontal view of the mummified/skeletonized body.

Decomposition Mummification

Living with the dead

Homicide

Polish man skinned his father and wore his face as a mask

Fig.1 Stippling around gunshot entrance wounds of the face.

Gunshot Homicide

Stippling around gunshot entrance wounds of the face

Fig.1 Scene photograph showing the decedent’s posture in which he was found.

Explosion Suicide

Self-inflicted explosive death by detonating a firecracker in the mouth

Fig.2 One of the woman had clenched in fists on her upper chest.

Accident Asphyxiation

Fatal carbon monoxide toxicity after a car left running inside the garage

Fig.2 Nipples cut off.

Homicide

A 39-year-old prostitute stabbed, beaten, and skinned

Fig.1 In this suicide by intraoral shotgun wound, note the tissue tears extending from the sides of the mouth

Gunshot Suicide

The dynamics of a firearm discharged into the mouth