Forensic Pathology for Police - Brainshare Public Online Library

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Disc Image 15.16 A suicidal hanging death using a bed sheet as the ligature.
Disc Image 15.17 A furrow mark caused by coaxial cable in a suicidal hanging
death.
Disc Image 15.18 A less obvious furrow mark produced by a bed sheet (same case
as Disc Image 15.16).
Disc Image 15.19 Note the marked upward angle of the rope along the left side of
this suicide victim’s neck and head.
Disc Image 15.20 Ligature furrow mark on the posterior aspect of a suicidal hanging
victim’s neck, with upward angulation (inverted “V” shape).
Disc Image 15.21 Tardieu spots on the leg of a hanging victim.
Disc Image 15.22 Fixed lividity with blanching on the sole of a hanging victim’s
foot, indicating that the foot was in contact with the ground.
Disc Image 15.23 Dry, protruding tongue in hanging case.
Disc Image 15.24 A ligature strangulation case, viewed from the side. Note the lack
of an upward angulation of the ligature mark.
Disc Image 15.25 A homicidal ligature strangulation case in which a “zip-tie” was
used as a ligature. Unlike most strangulation cases, the internal neck examination
in this case revealed no soft tissue hemorrhage.
Disc Image 15.26 Another homicidal ligature strangulation case. Note the extensive
congestion of the skin above the level of the ligature mark.
Disc Image 15.27 A subtle ligature furrow mark in a homicidal strangulation case,
viewed from the back. Note that the mark is relatively horizontal, lacking the
upward angulation that is typical of hanging furrow marks.
Disc Image 15.28 Conjunctival petechiae in a homicidal strangulation case.
Disc Image 15.29 Multiple, relatively small areas of anterior neck strap muscle
hemorrhage in a homicidal strangulation case.
Disc Image 15.30 Multiple fractures of the laryngeal cartilages (with surrounding
soft tissue hemorrhage), related to a homicidal strangulation.
Disc Image 15.31 A localized fracture of the right horn of the thyroid cartilage in a
homicidal strangulation case.
Disc Image 15.32 A hyoid bone fracture related to strangulation. Note the hemorrhagic
soft tissue surrounding the site of the fracture (arrow).
Disc Image 15.33 Another homicidal manual strangulation death.
Disc Image 15.34 A close-up view of a fingernail scratch mark on the neck of the
manual strangulation victim shown in Disc Image 15.33.
Disc Image 15.35 Posterior neck hemorrhage in a homicidal strangulation case.
Disc Image 15.36 Interior view of the automobile used in the carbon monoxide
suicide depicted in Fig. 15.20. Note that the key is in the “on”
position.
Disc Image 15.37 Interior view of the case depicted in Fig. 15.21. Note the vacuum
cleaner hose (photo courtesy of Dr. Patrick Lantz, Department of Pathology,
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC).
Disc Image 15.38 A vacuum cleaner hose connected to the exhaust pipe (photo
courtesy of Dr. Patrick Lantz, Department of Pathology, Wake Forest University
School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC).