Assessment of shooting distance on the basis of bloodstain analysis and histological examinations.
A 28-year-old man was shot using a pump-gun. The main question to be resolved was whether the biological stain pattern on the suspect's trousers, and in particular the bloodstains, can provide evidence to assess the shooting distance between the suspect and the position of the victim's body. The biological stain pattern (i.e. bloodstains and brain tissue) showed backspatters from the shot entrance wound on the back of the head, while the victim was lying face down and the suspect was standing close behind his head.
Kleiber
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Institute of Legal Medicine, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, Franzosenweg 1, D-06112 Halle/S., Germany.
Stiller
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Wiegand
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D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy / Q000379:methods*; D001801:Blood Stains; D003020:Clothing; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*