Body of a woman who died while taking a bath

Decomposition

Suicide

Massive explosive burstlike exit wound to the head from a .30-06 hunting rifle

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

Accident Aircrash

Fatal gyrocopter accident

Fig.1 Contact gunshot wound on the forehead.

Suicide

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

Suicide

Suicide by decapitation using a tape saw

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