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Bruises on the back of a knee from a fall.

Fri, 04 May 2012 01:38:50 -0400

Bruises on the back of a knee from a fall.

Bruise from an IV insertion.

Fri, 04 May 2012 01:36:47 -0400

Bruise from an IV insertion.

Oops.

Fri, 04 May 2012 01:33:35 -0400

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criminalprofiler: From the Journal of Forensic and Legal...

Fri, 04 May 2012 01:31:43 -0400

criminalprofiler:

From the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine (2009)

Major characteristics of the 10 classes of necrophiles

Class I:

Role players

Do not want to have sex with a dead person. Enjoy sex with a living person pretending to be dead.

Class II:

Romantic necrophiles

Bereaved people, who would mummify a part of the body of their recently departed loved ones, and keep it with them in order to get a psychosexual stimulation. Would not show a similar interest in any other dead body, i.e. body of a person with whom they were not romantically involved in life.

Class III:

Necrophilic fantasizers

Fantasize intercourse with the dead. May visit cemeteries and funeral parlors and may masturbate in the presence of the dead.

Class IV:

Tactile necrophiles

Interest in dead bodies increases to the level of touching them. Like to stroke erotic parts of a dead body, such as breasts, May manipulate sexual organs of the dead in order to get an orgasm.

Class V:

Fetishistic necrophiles

Cut up parts of a dead body - say a breast - mummify it, and keep it in their possession to use it as a fetish for their necrophilic activities. Differ from Class II necrophiles in the sense that they (Class V) do it with the bodies of strangers with whom they held no romantic relationship in life. Thus they do not merely fill a psychosexual vacuum left by the death of their loved ones.

Class VI:

Necromutilomaniacs

Interest in dead bodies is more than merely touching them. Necrophilic pleasure comes from mutilating a dead body.

Class VII:

Opportunistic necrophiles

Actual sexual activity with the dead starts from this class. Normally, these necrophiles would be content to have sexual intercouse with the living, but if an opportunity arose, would not refrain from having sexual intercourse with the dead. Necrophilic mortuary attendants belong to this class.

Class VIII:

Regular necrophiles

The so-called “classic” necrophiles. They do not enjoy sexual intercourse with the living and prefer dead bodies for intercourse. They can however have sex with both living and dead persons. In this sense they differ from Class X necrophiles, who can have sex only with dead persons

Class IX:

Homicidal necrophiles

This penultimate category is the most dangerous of all, in the sense that they would kill a person in order to have intercourse with him or her. They are however capable of having sexual intercourse with the living, but the need for sexual intercourse with the dead is so great that they must kill human beings in order to have sexual intercourse with their dead bodies.

Class X:

Exclusive necrophiles

Sexual intercourse is possible only with the dead, with the complete exclusion of living partners.

Video

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:14:59 -0400

fuckyeahforensics: Autoerotic asphyxiation resulting in death....

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:43:24 -0400

fuckyeahforensics:

Autoerotic asphyxiation resulting in death. Lots of post-mortem changes taking place with this body.

Erotic asphyxiation or breath control play is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal. The sexual preference for that behavior is variously called asphyxiophilia, autoerotic asphyxia, hypoxyphilia. Colloquially, a person engaging in the activity is sometimes called a gasper. The erotic interest in asphyxiation is classified as a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association.

The carotid arteries (on either side of the neck) carry oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the brain. When these are compressed, as in strangulation or hanging, the sudden loss of oxygen to the brain and the accumulation of carbon dioxide can increase feelings of giddiness, lightheadness, and pleasure, all of which will heighten masturbatory sensations.

Various methods are used to achieve the level of oxygen depletion needed, such as a hanging, suffocation with a plastic bag over the head, self-strangulation such as with a ligature, gas or volatile solvents, chest compression, or some combination of these. Sometimes, complicated devices are used to produce the desired effects^. The practice can be dangerous even if performed with care and has resulted in a significant number of accidental deaths. Uva (1995) writes “Estimates of the mortality rate of autoerotic asphyxia range from 250 to 1000 deaths per year in the United States.”

Prossection of a fetus.

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:40:30 -0400

Prossection of a fetus.

criminalprofiler: Victimology An important aspect of...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:39:35 -0400

criminalprofiler:

Victimology

An important aspect of investigating a violent crime is an understanding of the victim and the relation that their lifestyle or personality characteristics may have contributed to the offender choosing them as a victim. Please do not misunderstand the previous statement. In no way are victims being blamed for becoming a victim of a violent crime. Even high risk victims (to be described shortly) have the right to live how they wish without becoming a victim of the type of offenses described on this site. Yet the fact remains, that to understand the offender, one must first understand the victim.

Victims are classified during an investigation in three general categories that describe the level of risk their lifestyle represents in relation to the violent crime that has been committed. The importance of understanding this in an investigation is directly related back to the level of risk to the offender during the commission of the crime. This information is important to the investigation to better understand the sophistication or possible pathology of the offender.

High Risk Victims - Victims in this group have a lifestyle that makes them a higher risk for being a victim of a violent crime. The most obvious high risk victim is the prostitute. Prostitutes place themselves at risk every single time they go to work. Prostitutes are high risk because they will get into a stranger’s car, go to secluded areas with strangers, and for the most part attempt to conceal their actions for legal reasons. Offenders often rely on all these factors and specifically target prostitutes because it lowers their chances of becoming a suspect in the crime. Therefore, in this example, the prostitute is a high risk victim creating a lower risk to the offender.

Moderate Risk Victims - Victims that fall into this category are lower risk victims, but for some reason were in a situation that placed them in a greater level of risk. A person that is stranded on a dark, secluded highway due to a flat tire, that accepts a ride from a stranger and is then victimized would be a good example of this type of victim level risk.

Low Risk Victims - The lifestyle of these individuals would normally not place them in any degree of risk for becoming a victim of a violent crime. These individuals stay out of trouble, do not have peers that are criminal, are aware of their surroundings and attempt to take precautions to not become a victim. They lock the doors, do not use drugs, and do not go into areas that are dark and secluded.

After all the information has been gathered, a timeline of events leading up to the crime should be created in order to better understand how this specific individual became a victim of a violent crime.

fetus-queen: Degloving of the skin of the palms and soles...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:29:38 -0400

fetus-queen:

Degloving of the skin of the palms and soles typically occurs during decomposition, as well as in cases involving thermal exposure (ie, fires) and immersions,The epidermis commonly retains enough ridge detail to allow fingerprints to be obtained, which assists in the identification of the decadent.

good-enough-for-a-poke: Come out, please.

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:28:23 -0400

good-enough-for-a-poke:

Come out, please.

ramirezdahmerbundy: This is the X-ray of a young woman who was...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:20:11 -0400

ramirezdahmerbundy:

This is the X-ray of a young woman who was murdered by her husband of a few years, they both worked on the same golfing range. The husband murdered her due to her sexual relationships with other women, he then began postmortum mutilation. He stabbed golf tees into her face and stabbed her under her chin with a pen. He then shoved a kitchen knife inside her genitalia and pushed a golf ball inside her. X-rays show the knife and golf ball inside her genitalia.

fetus-queen: Embalming process

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:17:53 -0400

fetus-queen:

Embalming process

Post-mortem marbling.

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:26:33 -0400

Post-mortem marbling.

Photo

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:43:33 -0400

fuckyeahmedicalstuff: This posteroanterior (PA) view radiograph...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:42:31 -0400

fuckyeahmedicalstuff:

This posteroanterior (PA) view radiograph of an infant with achondrogenesis type II shows the relatively large calvaria with normal cranial ossification, short and flared thorax, bell-shaped cage and shorter ribs without fractures, relatively well ossified iliac bone with long crescent-shaped medial and inferior margins, and short tubular bones. The sacrum, pubis, and ischium are not visible.

fuckyeahmedicalstuff: An infant with achondrogenesis type II....

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:37:04 -0400

fuckyeahmedicalstuff:

An infant with achondrogenesis type II. Note the disproportionately large head, large and prominent forehead, flat facial plane, flat nasal bridge, small nose with severely anteverted nostrils, micrognathia, extremely short neck, short and flared thorax, protuberant abdomen, and extremely short upper extremities.

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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:36:29 -0400

Among the oldest described surgical procedures, tracheotomy...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:13:35 -0400

Among the oldest described surgical procedures, tracheotomy (also referred to as pharyngotomy, laryngotomy, and tracheostomy) consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea. The resulting stoma can serve independently as an airway or as a site for a tracheostomy tube to be inserted; this tube allows a person to breathe without the use of his or her nose or mouth. Both surgical and percutaneous techniques are widely used in current surgical practice.

medicalschool: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP for...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:11:39 -0400

medicalschool:

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP for short) is a very rare disease that causes parts of the body (muscles, tendons, and ligaments) to turn to bone when they are damaged. This can often cause damaged joints to fuse together, preventing movement. Unfortunately surgical removal of the bone growths is ineffective as the body “heals” itself by recreating the removed bone. To make matters worse, the disease is so rare that it is often misdiagnosed as cancer, leading doctors to perform biopsies which can spark off worse growth of these bone-like lumps. The most famous case is Harry Eastlack whose body was so ossified by his death that he could only move his lips. His skeleton is now on display at the Mütter Museum.

ramirezdahmerbundy: Stages of Deterioration in the Human...

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:21:21 -0400

ramirezdahmerbundy:

Stages of Deterioration in the Human Body

The Moment Of Death:
1. The heart stops.
2. The skin gets tight and ashen in color.
3. All the muscles relax.
4. The bladder and bowels empty.
5. The body temperature begins to drop 1 1/2 degrees Fahrenheit per hour.

After 30 minutes:
6. The skin gets purple and waxy.
7. The lips, fingernails, and toenails fade to a pale color.
8. Blood pools at the bottom of the body.
9. The hands and feet turn blue.
10. The eyes sink into the skull.

After 4 hours:
11. Rigor mortis has set in.
12. The purpling of the skin and the pooling of the blood continue.
13. Rigor continues to tighten muscles for another 24 hours or so.

After 12 hours:
14. The body is in full rigor mortis.

After 24 hours:
15. The body is now the temperature of the surrounding environment.
16. In males, the semen dies.
17. The head and neck are now a greenish-blue color.
18. The greenish-blue color spreads to the rest of the body.
19. There is a pervasive smell of rotting meat.

After 3 days:
20. The gas in the body tissues forms large blisters on the skin.
21. The whole body begins to bloat and swell grotesquely.
22. Fluids leak from the mouth, nose, vagina, and rectum.

After 3 weeks:
23. The skin, hair, and nails are so loose they can easily be pulled off the corpse.
24. The skin bursts open on many places on the body.
25. Decomposition will continue until the body is nothing but skelital remains, a process that can take a month or so in hot climates, and two months or more in cold climates.