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Record

Holding institution
University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, Knoxville
Collection
University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (USA)
Sex
Male
Country of origin
USA

Curator notes

Embedded bullet.

Scientific notes

Death occurred from the inner bone table splintering to create secondary missile production.

Provenance

<a href="mailto: mmarks@utmck.edu"> Murray Marks, PhD, D-ABFA</a>

1 lesions

fire arm

Bones
Cranium
Side
Both
Timing
Antemortem
Force
Direct

Gunshot wound Firearm

Occipital wound

  • Non-perforating antemortem gunshot wound to the back of the head in the midline.

    <a href="mailto: ricketts@bu.edu"> Darryl Ricketts, MSc </a> <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'><img alt='Creative Commons License' style='border-width:0' src='http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png' /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' href='http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage' rel='dc:type'>work</span> is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a><a href="mailto: ricketts@bu.edu"> Darryl Ricketts, MSc </a> <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'><img alt='Creative Commons License' style='border-width:0' src='http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png' /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' href='http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage' rel='dc:type'>work</span> is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>

  • Note that the bullet has stayed embedded in the occipital bone.

    <a href="mailto: ricketts@bu.edu"> Darryl Ricketts, MSc </a> <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'><img alt='Creative Commons License' style='border-width:0' src='http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png' /></a><br />This <span xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/' href='http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage' rel='dc:type'>work</span> is licensed under a <a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/'>Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License</a>

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University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center, Knoxville. University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (USA). catalogue no. Regional_Forensic_Center,Knoxville-GSW MIS2