Meatpie's Atlas of Forensic Medicine



On 11 July 2017, the dead body of a 39 year old man was found in his apartment in a small district town in the eastern Ruhr area in Germany. The man was last seen on 24 June 2017. He suffered from a personality disorder, as well as drug and alcohol addiction. The body was found near the town center. There was urban greenery vegetation in the street; yet, there were no parks or larger green areas near to where the body was found.

The apartment was untidy; the body was lying on the floor, clothed in sweatpants and a pullover. Greasy brown deposits on the front left outer edge of the sofa and on the upper edge of a bucket for excrement and vomit alongside the sofa to the left were visibl. The bed sheets in the bed room also exhibited similar brown deposits.

The body was in an advanced state of decomposition, and the skin on the trunk and back, as well as the extremities, did show some red–green to grey–green color. The epidermis of the stomach area had detached in strips in places. Much of the epidermis of the trunk was detached.

While the front side of the upper body was dried out, the back section appeared damp and putrid.

There were numerous maggots and fly pupae found on both the body and in the clothing of the deceased, and numerous egg clutches were present too.

Tissue defects had been caused by feeding blow fly larvae on the left lower side of the thorax, the flank area, and above the side area of the right eyebrow. Maggots were found on and in parts of the corpse, as well as in the perineum and anus.

The left arm was covered in clothing that otherwise appears to have been pulled up to the neck; the right arm and the entire upper body were uncovered up to the neck by the clothing.

In contrast to the rest of the body, hands and feet were clearly mummified. In particular, the hands at the wrist were strongly distinct from the lighter skin of the upper arm.

Sun was shining from both the left side as well as from above onto the body. The lower side of the foot that was facing the left window was mildly dried out; the head was turned in the direction of the upper window and also exhibited dryness (partial mummification) in the forehead, nose, and eye area.

The fact that clothing protects against desiccation but also against decomposition was shown in experiments using piglets. Partially clothed piglets were lain out in open land. The head often decomposed considerably more quickly than the rest of the body which was largely covered by the clothing.
The higher attractiveness of the face to deposit eggs, and the stronger maggot feeding activity in this area on the one hand, as well as the protective function of the clothing on the other, was evident.

Overall, decomposition may happen in unevenly distributed patterns that can only be understood from the situation at the original scene, but sometimes not on the autopsy table.
 
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Poor guy, usually German's die desirable
 
26-year-old police officer was shot while seated in his patrol car in Wyoming. :Merry Xmas:

 


Depressed 17-year-old old shot himself in the head in Wyoming. Found supine on snow, with end of barrel held in left hand.

Autopsy revealed 12 gauge single-shot shotgun wound to the side of the head.

He was 184cm tall. :Merry Xmas:





 
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amazing pic meatpie, wish we had a before pic, looks like that place has some imaging equipment, is that a morgue?
 
It's a morgue with x-ray room.
 
I like that you included his height info. I always wonder how tall they are.
 

Fatal Bleeding from a Laceration of Superficial Temporal Artery




India. 34-year-old guy was found dead at home near the oven.

Massive arterial blood pattern was observed at the scene.

Autopsy revealed manner of death was exsanguination due to laceration of a superficial temporal artery following blunt force head trauma. The manner of death was ruled as accidental.
 


At close range, the shotgun is the most formidable and destructive of all small arms. For birdshot and buckshot loads, the severity and lethality of a shotgun wound depends on the number of pellets that enter the body, the organs struck by the pellets, and the amount of tissue destruction. Typically, these wounds are jagged, irregular lacerations with everted edges and bone fragments under the skin.
In the head, neck, and limbs, shotgun exit wounds can be ragged and very large, with extensive tissue damage. In a suicide where the gun has been placed in the mouth, there will be significant disruption of the head, and brain may be expelled, the so-called “burst head” effect.
 

Postmortem Animal Predation by Cat​


 

Death from Exsanguination Due to Power Drill Injuries in a Complex Suicide​




We present a rare case of a complex suicide of a 66-year-old man with a history of several psychiatric disorders. He attempted to commit suicide by inflicting cut wounds on his forearms, wrists, and neck but afterwards changed the method of suicide by using an electric power drill. After several unsuccessful attempts to drill a hole in either his head, thorax, or abdomen, he managed to perforate the common carotid artery on the right side of his neck and subsequently died from exsanguination.
 

Blunt Force Trauma and Blast Injuries to Head and Chest Caused by a Potent Pyrotechnic Device​




Germany. A 20-year-old man and friends went to a field in order to launch some fireworks for New Year's Celebrations 2021/2022. According to witnesses, neither the man nor his companions were under the influence of alcohol or otherwise intoxicated. The police was not able to specify the display shell used. Based on witness statements and after examining the shell fragments, the diameter of the spherical device was assumed to be 2.0–2.5 in or 5–6 cm, and it was probably acquired in Eastern Europe.
 
Russian farmer killed by cattle.

At the site where the body was found clear evidence of trampling of grass and fresh hoof marks were seen.

 
37-year-old man was crushed to death by robotic waste management system. He deliberately entered the robotic dumpster to retrieve his accidentally discarded medication. Upon entering the robotic chamber, the compaction system was automatically activated, although all safety measures were in full operation.

 
Autopsy on burnt corpse in Germany.

 
Medical cadaver during autopsy.

 
View of a corpse taken out of a fire scene.

 
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