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Slide 1 Death Investigation Slide 2 Summary Cause and Mechanism of Death  Mechanical trauma (gunshot, stabbing)  Chemical trauma (overdose, poison)  Other Slide…

Slide 1WARM UP #1 1/14 Investigators figure out the time of death (estimated) through different observations of the body. The following are some ways – see if you can figure…

Slide 1CTE Forensics/Law & Public Safety 1-2 Unit: 8 Death Investigation Slide 2 © 2013 by Pearson Higher Education, Inc Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 All Rights…

Slide 1 Cause and Mechanism of Death 1. Cause of death- a disease or injury that initiated the lethal chain of events, however prolonged or brief, that led to death of the…

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Slide 1 Forensic Archeology from Mass Graves Much material obtained from a webpage written by Dr. Stefan Schmitt, a forensic anthropologist Slide 2 Slide 3 The Antemortem…

Slide 1 Ligature strangulation Dr. Muditha Vidanapathirana MBBS, DLM, MD, MA, MFFLM (UK) Senior Lecturer. Department of Forensic Medicine FOMS, USJP Slide 2 Definition Constriction…