An Unusual Bloodstain Case
Burnett, BR
Senior scientist, director and senior scientist, respectively, ForensicScience Consulting Group, 2037 San Elijo Avenue, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA.

Orantes, JM
Senior scientist, director and senior scientist, respectively, ForensicScience Consulting Group, 2037 San Elijo Avenue, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA.

Pierson, ML
Senior scientist, director and senior scientist, respectively, ForensicScience Consulting Group, 2037 San Elijo Avenue, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA.


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 dead 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 deceased and his bicycle to create series of unusual bloodstain patterns.

Keywords:
accident reconstruction, blood, bloodstain, bloodstain patterns, criminalistics, forensic science, patterns, reconstruction

Paper ID: JFS423970519

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