Fatal gyrocopter accident

$Fig.1 Anterior view of the pilot’s head and chest showing extensive trauma. There was comminuted fracturing of the cranial vault with extrusion of cerebral material.$

Accident Aircrash

Fig.1 Contact gunshot wound on the forehead.

Suicide

A contact entrance wound of the head showing wide separation of the wound edges

Fig.1 Notice the blow-out injury to the left side of his face.

Suicide

Self-inflicted intraoral shotgun wound with birdshot ammunition

Decomposition

Skeletonization and postmortem marine feeding activity on a drowning victim

Suicide

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

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

Decomposition Mummification

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

Accident Asphyxiation Autoerotic Death

Autoerotic death inside plastic bag wearing latex mask and nipple clamps

Fig.1 Obviously distorted appearance of the head.

Accident