Ligature strangulation using a dental unit - Herman The Shocker - Page 91

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.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

Fig.1 A contact shotgun wound of the lower chin.

Gunshot Suicide

A contact shotgun wound of the lower chin

Fig.1 Advanced stages of decomposition.

Decomposition

Advanced stages of decomposition

Fig.1 Suicide with a pistol.

Gunshot Suicide

Suicide with a pistol

Fig.1 The body at the scene. Decedent lying on his right side, covered with a blue plastic bag; below the bag also the upper part of 5-L propane/butane gas bottle. [Colorized]

Asphyxiation Suicide

Suicidal asphyxiation by propane-butane mixture inside a plastic bag

Fig.1 Woman's throat slashed by her assailant during a sexual assault and murder.

Homicide

Woman’s throat slashed by her assailant

Fig.1 Man beheaded when hit by a train.

Accident

Man beheaded when hit by a train