Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 C 44

 

Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 6 C 44

A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES

SECOND EDITION

 

Common Forensic Findings. Alcohol or drugs may be involved. Finger- prints are often present on the murder weapon. There usually are forensic findings consistent with a personal type of assault.

Depersonalization, evidenced by facial battery, overkill, blunt-force trauma, and a focused area of injury, is evidence of a personal assault. Manual or ligature strangulation is a common cause of death with domestic homicide. Gunshot wounds are also a forensic finding of this type of killing. The victim may show signs of being washed up or wounds cleaned.