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Regional_Forensic_Center,Knoxville -09-162

Record

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

Scientific notes

Gunshot wound to the lumbar vertebrae.

Provenance

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

1 lesions

fire arm

Bones
Lumbar
Side
Both
Timing
Antemortem
Force
Direct

Gunshot wound Firearm

  • Bullet passed through the spinous process of L3 and shattered the right superior/inferior articular facets of L2/L3. There is bony remodeling along this joint, indicating subject lived long enough to begin healing.

    <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 -09-162