Citation

Rogers C, Dowell S, Choi JH, Sathyavagiswaran L. J. Forensic Sci. 1990; 35(4): 886-890.

Affiliation

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, Los Angeles, CA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2391480

Abstract

The crossbow is an uncommon source of fatal injury. In Los Angeles County, two crossbow homicides have occurred in the past 20 years. Following the second case, a crossbow was test-fired into a fresh pork thigh, resulting in distinctive wounds. Experimental studies also showed that the vanes of the bolt (arrow) may be a source of trace material found in the wound.

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