Abstract

Critical studies of an intricate blunt force injury pattern in a brutal homicide led to the identification of the murder weapon. A 50-year-old male was bludgeoned to death in his apartment during a robbery allegedly engineered by his daughter. Careful measurements and overlay construction of the wounds relative to the magazine catch, lanyard ring, magazine chamber, and butt of a 32-caliber Eistegui Hermanos fibar (España) automatic pistol led to the conclusion that either the alleged weapon or one identical to it caused the fatal injuries.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Keywords:
criminalistics, homicide, injuries, impressions

Reference

1.
Zugibe
,
F. T.
 and
Costello
,
J. T.
, “
Identification of a Murder Weapon by a Peculiar Blunt Force Injury Pattern and Histochemical Analysis
,”
Journal of Forensic Sciences
 0022-1198, Vol.
30
, No.
1
,
01
1985
, pp.
239
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242
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