[hermantheshocker]

Michigan, US. Note the almost fetal-like impression in the blood. The victim had been lying on the linoleum floor bleeding profusely from her head wounds. There are also spines and spatter around the original head location. The victim had been stomped to death.


Fig.1 The victim had been lying on the linoleum floor bleeding profusely from her head wounds.

Body image patterns occur when the bleeding body has been lying in the blood, which seeps from the wounds. The blood pools form around the outline of the body, and as the blood solids separate from the serum the original position of the body is imaged on the surface.

The terms used to describe bloodstain patterns are oftentimes confusing to the average investigator. Such terms as bloodstain spatter or splatter might be used interchangeably. The reference to pattern analysis or pattern interpretation further confuses the issue because the word interpretation connotes subjectivity to the scientific analysis and evaluation of bloodstain pattern evidence. According to the recognized experts in the field, the proper term is bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA), which implies a structured approach in evaluating that which is to be examined. It is one of several specialties in the field of forensic science. The science of bloodstain pattern analysis applies scientific knowledge from other fields to solve practical problems. Bloodstain pattern analysis draws on biology, chemistry, math, and physics among other scientific disciplines.


Fig.2 Note the almost fetal-like impression in the blood.

Blood is present in most crime scenes involving violence and therefore presents the investigator with additional information to determine the sequence of events that may have taken place between the victim and the assailant. Bloodstain patterns at the scene or from the clothing of principals in a case can be used to confirm or refute assumptions concerning events and their sequence. In addition, bloodstain patterns can illustrate the position of the victim, such as standing, sitting, or lying. Bloodstain evidence can also show evidence of a struggle.

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[Sa Bal]

Fupa Rorschach

[Tracy210t]

Aw wow. Poor woman

[Vixənn]

maybe she had a cockroach on her head.

[peachpie]

[ride]

Obviously base-level knowledge here, but the photos seem to depict a hand and ankle-bound woman who was already incapacitated by the time the fatal stomping blow(s) were struck. No apparent bruising or disfigurement of the arms or hands, which would have been raised to a protective position had the victim been conscious. The assailant obviously had some very accurate stomping skills.

-or-

Maybe I should just STFU and continue to watch TV.

Good post, Herman. As usual.

[William May]

Kind of an extra-vicious Jackson Pollock painting.