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Record

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

Scientific notes

Postmortem hand dismemberment.

Provenance

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

1 lesions

sharp

Bones
Radius, Ulna
Side
Both
Timing
Perimortem
Force
Direct

Saw Sharp force

Dismembermet

  • Both hands were removed above the wrist with a saw, showing false starts, breakaway spurs and notches inthe radii and ulnae. Green dots denote autopsy cuts.

    <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-Saw_mark_foream