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

An Unusual Bloodstain Case
Burnett, BR
Senior scientist, director and senior scientist, Forensic Science Consulting Group, CA

Orantes, JM
Senior scientist, director and senior scientist, Forensic Science Consulting Group, CA

Pierson, ML
Senior scientist, director and senior scientist, Forensic Science Consulting Group, CA

(Received 29 April 1996; accepted 30 September 1996)

Abstract

A body was discovered associated with a series of bloodstains on a sunken loading ramp of a supermarket. The initial evaluation of the scene by the local police determined that the victim was crushed by the rear wheels of an 18-wheel grocery truck when it backed down the ramp for a delivery. However, a careful examination of the photographs of the scene and the victim revealed that the victim was dead and in rigor mortis before the truck entered the ramp. The truck's rear wheels never came into contact with the deceased. The truck interacted with the deceased and his bicycle to create series of unusual bloodstain patterns.

Keywords:
forensic science, criminalistics, reconstruction, bloodstain, bloodstain patterns

Paper ID: JFS14160J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14160J
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