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- Title
Patterned injuries from screwdrivers.
- Authors
Byard, Roger W
- Abstract
A 40-year-old man was stabbed multiple times with a cross-tipped, Phillips head screwdriver with many of the puncture wounds characterized by a cruciate pattern consistently measuring approximately 5 × 5 mm corresponding to the shape of the weapon. Death was due to a single penetrating wound to the chest that had transfixed the aorta. This report characterizes the features of injuries that may be inflicted by Phillips head screwdrivers, contrasting this with injuries that may occur if the weapon is a flat or slotted head screwdriver. Given their ready availability, ease of handling, and sharpness, screwdrivers are surprisingly rarely used in fatal assaults.
- Subjects
SCREWDRIVERS; WOUNDS &; injuries; AORTA; STABBINGS (Crime); WEAPONS; READY meals
- Publication
Forensic Science, Medicine & Pathology, 2022, Vol 18, Issue 3, p271
- ISSN
1547-769X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12024-022-00489-y