Citation

Burnett BR, Orantes JM, Pierson ML. J. Forensic Sci. 1997; 42(3): 519-523.

Affiliation

Forensic Science Consulting Group, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9144944

Abstract

A body was discovered associated with a series of bloodstains on a sunken loading ramp of a supermarket. The initial evaluation of the scene by the local police determined that the victim was crushed by the rear wheels of an 18-wheel grocery truck when it backed down the ramp for a delivery. However, a careful examination of the photographs of the scene and the victim revealed that the victim was deal and in rigor mortis before the truck entered the ramp. The truck's rear wheels never came into contact with the deceased. The truck interacted with the decreased and his bicycle to create series of unusual bloodstain patterns.

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