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The role of a medical examiner's report in determining the cause of death
in a suspected suicide depends not on a single piece of evidence but on a consistent, corroborated chain of scene documentation, findings, , and investigative context — each element examined in sequen...
Experts distinguish ballistic ear wounds from other ear trauma by combining external wound characteristics, imaging, audiologic and otologic findings, and forensic testing—including residue and projec...
Peer‑reviewed forensic literature shows there are patterns that tend to differ between suicidal hangings and homicidal strangulations—most hangings are suicidal and often show a complete, horizontal l...
Forensic investigators determine when and why a person died by combining scene observations, postmortem physical changes, autopsy findings, laboratory testing and specialist input — a coordinated, mul...
Non-exit gunshot wounds — where a projectile remains in the body or an exit defect is absent — present a constellation of forensic challenges: determining trajectory, recovering the projectile, and di...