title: [Impression traces from firearms on cadaver skin].
abstract: Guns may occasionally leave traces on human skin, for example by compression/impression of the tissue (esp. in the area of livores), by contact-transfer of dirt, oil, and rust, or by forming the pattern of blood-smears. The case of a 31-year-old drug-addict is presented in detail: The man committed suicide by shooting himself (entrance hole under the chin). When the dead body was found there was no weapon at the scene. By careful securing of evidence and analyzing the pattern of metallisations (identified as rust from the old pistol) it was reconstructed that the suicident held the pistol (identified as Russian Tokarew TT33-7.62 mm) in his hand for many hours postmortem until it was removed by an unknown thief.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Hamburg.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koops
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kulle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005389:Firearms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013800:Theft / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Abdruckspuren von Schusswaffen auf der Leichenhaut.