title: Toolmarks and peculiar blunt force injuries related to an adjustable wrench.
abstract: A factory hand troubled a housewife with a money matter, and in the end he beat her to death with an adjustable wrench. The toolmarks found at the crime scene and the patterned injuries on the victim are shown in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamura
mesh_terms: D001801:Blood Stains; D002423:Cause of Death; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000473:pathology; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000473:pathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000473:pathology*