ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 8

The Man in the Mask
Zugibe, FT
Chief medical examiner, Rockland County, NY

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

Breithaupt, MK
Senior medical investigator and medical investigator, Rockland County Medical Examiner's Office, NY

(Received 16 May 1986; accepted 15 July 1986)

Abstract

A skeletonized body, wearing a black leather bondage mask, was found in a Revolutionary War smokehouse cave with two bullet holes in the back of the head. The body was skeletonized up to the maxillary area but the head region under the mask was well preserved and permitted a positive visual identification. There was evidence that the body had been eaten by small animals and subsequently burned. Investigations into this brutal murder revealed a tale of a bizarre sadomasochistic ritual that attained national prominence.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, homicide, deviant sexual behavior

Paper ID: JFS12391J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12391J
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