Cranial fracture patterns and estimate of direction from low velocity gunshot wounds
Smith, O.C.; Berryman, H.E.; Lahren, C.H.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 32(5): 1416-1421
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 3668481 Document Number: 289775
Cranial trauma produced by low velocity gunshot wounds is investigated in an autopsy series. In skeletonized remains with postmortem damage, or after surgical debridement, the primary internal or external beveling may become obscured, causing difficulty with the identification of entrance and exit wounds. The morphology of associated secondary and tertiary fractures based upon the mechanics of their production is discussed as a means of establishing bullet entrance and exit sites.