ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Identification of the Murder Weapon by Intricate Patterned Injury Measurements
Zugibe, FT
Chief medical examiner, Rockland County, Rockland County Health Center, NY

Costello, JT
Senior medical investigator, Rockland County Medical Examiner's Office, NY

(Received 8 April 1985; accepted 9 August 1985)

Abstract

Critical studies of an intricate blunt force injury pattern in a brutal homicide led to the identification of the murder weapon. A 50-year-old male was bludgeoned to death in his apartment during a robbery allegedly engineered by his daughter. Careful measurements and overlay construction of the wounds relative to the magazine catch, lanyard ring, magazine chamber, and butt of a 32-caliber Eistegui Hermanos fibar (España) automatic pistol led to the conclusion that either the alleged weapon or one identical to it caused the fatal injuries.

Keywords:
criminalistics, homicide, injuries, impressions

Paper ID: JFS12314J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12314J
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