Case study 1: Atypical gunshot entrance wound
This case was a suicide gunshot wound by a solid hollow-point bullet from a service pistol. The victim was a 40-year-old police officer who was talking to his girlfriend on the phone telling her about his suicide. She heard the shot but there was nothing she could do. It was concluded that the shot was made by his left hand while the phone was in his right hand. Brain and bone fragments were found to the right of the body but no projectile was found to the right of the corpse. The shot left an atypical morphology on the right side of the head. An autopsy revealed that the cause of death was extensive brain injury. The force must have been extraordinary to cause such a large wound and send the bone and brain fragments so far but there is still no explanation as to how the large wound occurred.
The case report was created by
M. A. Verhoff (✉)
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Gießen,
Frankfurter Strasse 58, 35392 Gießen, Germany
Tel.: +49-641-9941425, Fax: +49-641-9941419,
e-mail: [email protected]
B. Karger
Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Münster, Germany
Read more here!
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Verhoff, M. A., and B. Karger. "Atypical Gunshot Entrance Wound and Extensive Backspatter." 26 June 2003: 229-31. Print.
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Case study 2: Pedestrian trauma
In this case, an elderly man was walking his dog when he was suddenly struck by an SUV. An autopsy was carried out on the man as well as a necropsy of the dog and a histological research of both the man and the dog's organs. The crime scene was reconstructed by a forensic pathologist and a forensic veterinarian in order to determine who must take responsibility in the cause of the crash; the driver or the elderly man. The driver told investigators that the man and his dog were in the middle of the road but research has led to the conclusion that they were not in the middle of the road. In fact, research revealed they were struck from behind and propelled forwards from the right side of the road because dog hairs and clothing fiber were found on the front right bumper of the SUV. Because of this case, it was determined that it would be useful to have some specialized veterinarians to be able to perform autopsies on animals.
This report was created by
Aquila, Isabella; Di Nunzio, Ciro; Paciello, Orlando; Britti, Domenico; Pepe, Francesca; De Luca, Ester;
Ricci, Pietrantonio
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Aquila, Isabella, et al. "An Unusual Pedestrian Road Trauma: From Forensic Pathology to Forensic Veterinary
Medicine." Forensic Science International (Online) 234 (2014): e1-4. ProQuest. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. |