Identification of the murder weapon by intricate patterned injury measurements
Zugibe, F.T.; Costello, J.T.
Journal of Forensic Sciences 31(2): 773-777
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1198 PMID: 3711845 Document Number: 4223
Critical studies of an intricate blunt force injury pattern in a brutal homicide led to the identification of the murder weapon. A 50-year-old male was bludgeoned to death in his apartment during a robbery allegedly engineered by his daughter. Careful measurements and overlay construction of the wounds relative to the magazine catch, lanyard ring, magazine chamber, and butt of a 32-caliber Eistegui Hermanos fibar (España) automatic pistol led to the conclusion that either the alleged weapon or one identical to it caused the fatal injuries.
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