Identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone: Case study

An anthropological trauma analysis was conducted on an individual killed by multiple injuries from a combined sharp and blunt mechanism using a cold weapon (machete) to the head, trunk and upper extremities. After conducting the autopsy, the cranial fragments were submitted to the anthropology labo...

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Main Author: Isla Campos Varela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2015-07-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/care/article/view/49450
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description An anthropological trauma analysis was conducted on an individual killed by multiple injuries from a combined sharp and blunt mechanism using a cold weapon (machete) to the head, trunk and upper extremities. After conducting the autopsy, the cranial fragments were submitted to the anthropology laboratory for cleaning, restoration and study; later, plaster reproductions of the cutmarks with clear striations were made and a gel was developed to take impressions of the marks left by the machete recovered at the scene and submitted for study; finally, a visual comparison of the striations observed on the bone and those left by the machete in the gel was conducted.
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spelling doaj-art-26dfecb15c85491693beb2021dcf004b2025-08-20T02:05:27ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCase Reports2462-85222015-07-011242256Identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone: Case studyIsla Campos Varela0National Institute of Legal. Medicine and Forensic Sciences. An anthropological trauma analysis was conducted on an individual killed by multiple injuries from a combined sharp and blunt mechanism using a cold weapon (machete) to the head, trunk and upper extremities. After conducting the autopsy, the cranial fragments were submitted to the anthropology laboratory for cleaning, restoration and study; later, plaster reproductions of the cutmarks with clear striations were made and a gel was developed to take impressions of the marks left by the machete recovered at the scene and submitted for study; finally, a visual comparison of the striations observed on the bone and those left by the machete in the gel was conducted. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/care/article/view/49450Tool mark analysisForensic AnthropologyBone TraumaChop woundStriation
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Identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone: Case study
Case Reports
Tool mark analysis
Forensic Anthropology
Bone Trauma
Chop wound
Striation
title Identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone: Case study
title_full Identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone: Case study
title_fullStr Identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone: Case study
title_full_unstemmed Identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone: Case study
title_short Identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone: Case study
title_sort identification process of the causal element using cutmark analysis in bone case study
topic Tool mark analysis
Forensic Anthropology
Bone Trauma
Chop wound
Striation
url https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/care/article/view/49450
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