Body of a 42-year-old male found dead in the steam room approximately 8 hours after having gone alone to sauna. Blood alcohol concentration 2.3 per mille; urine alcohol concentration 3.2 per mille. Due to the long heat exposure, a ‘parboiled’ appearance with patchy loss of epidermis due to skin slippage was found when the body was recovered and showing postmortem drying of the lesions.
Powder tattooing is seen in this intermediate range gunshot wound. The actual entrance site is somewhat irregular, because…
Australia. This middle aged adult male has blunt- and sharp-force trauma injuries to the head and neck after…