Patterned injury and its evidentiary value.
A rape-homicide victim was stomped by her assailant leaving a unique patterned injury on her scalp. Two methods were used to subsequently match the patterned injury on her scalp to the pattern on the shoe of the assailant that was found at the crime scene.
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D000328:Adult; D003288:Contusions / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries; D012775:Shoes; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000473:pathology*