Cut and slash wounds - Herman The Shocker - Page 32

Fig.1 Cut and slash wounds.

Homicide

Cut and slash wounds

Fig.1

Suicide

Train track suicide

Fig.1 Note the matching pressure marks indicating that the head had been resulting on the neck for a prolonged time interval whilst the woman was still alive yet severely neglected by her son.

Accident Decomposition

Corpse of an old woman found in her apartment

Fig 1. furrow marks are on the neck from the rope.

Hanging Suicide

Suicide by hanging

Fig.1 Opening of the abdominal body cavity.

Accident Explosion

Opening of the abdominal body cavity

Fig.1 High velocity rifle wound.

Gunshot Homicide

High velocity rifle wound

Fig.1 Fly larvae in the mouth and eyes.

Decomposition

Fly larvae in the mouth and eyes

Fig.1 The partially charred body of the 64-year-old man found on an “altar” made of banknotes. The plastic container with the accelerant is shown nearby the body.

Fire Suicide

A burned body found on an “altar” made of banknotes

Fig.1 Protrusion of the tongue due to putrefactive gas formation and purging of putrefactive fluid from the nostrils.

Decomposition

Protrusion of the tongue due to putrefactive gas formation

Fig.1 Postmortem injuries inflicted by a domestic dog.

Accident Animal Scavenging

Postmortem injuries inflicted by a domestic dog