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Chapter 9
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
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General Bloodstain Features
Valuable insights for investigators
Ceilings/floors/walls Location
Distribution
Appearance
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General Bloodstain FeaturesInfo from blood stains:
Direction Angle Location of victim Movement Number of blows Location of suspect
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Effects of Surface Texture
Determining direction/distance/angle:ShapeSizeLocationSubstrate: Hard/non-porous-less spatter
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Directionality and Angle of Impact
Direction:-pointed end (tail) always faces direction of
travel
Impact angle:-measuring the degree of circular distortion-right angles the blood drop is circular-as angle decreases-stain elongates
-equation:Width = AngleLength
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Impact Bloodstain Spatter Patterns
Forward spatter:-outward/away
Back spatter (blow-back):-backward
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Classifying Impact Spatter Low Velocity Spatter:-3 mm or >-minimal force (<5 ft/sec)
Medium Velocity Spatter:-1-3 mm-5 to 25 ft/sec
High Velocity Spatter:-< 1mm-100 ft/sec or faster
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Low Velocity
You can only swing a hammer so fast by hand.
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Low Velocity
Same with a pipe
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High Velocity
Fine mist-smaller particles. Indicates fast force.
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Yuck
High velocity spatter after a homicide bomber detonated a bomb suit he was wearing.
SPLAT!!!
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Blood spatter
High impact
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Area of Convergence
Area of convergence:
-point on a two-dimensional plane-drops in impact pattern originated-draw straight lines through long axis of
several bloodstains-following the tails
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Area of Convergence
Blood stains on a wall.
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Area of Origin Area of origin:
-the area in a three-dimensional space from which the blood was projected
-shows the position of the victim/suspect in space
-string method approximates the position of the area of origin using angles of impact of stains
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Area of Impact
String method. I do not understand the pillow on the wall. What position was the victim in when the incident occurred?
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Gunshot Spatter
Gunshot Spatter:-fine forward spatter-exit-back spatter-entrance-only if the bullet does
not exit the body
Drawback effect:-depends on distance from the weapon
discharged-some back spatter may strike the
gunman/enter the gun muzzle
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Cast-off Spatter Cast- Off:
-blood-covered object flings blood in an arc onto surface
-commonly produced by a bloody fist or weapon between delivering blows
-features affected by size of object/amount of blood/direction object moving
-counting and pairing forward/backward patterns determine the minimum number of blows
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Arterial Spray Spatter Arterial spray:
-pressure of arterial wound pumping blood out of injured area
-injury site begins with the biggest spurt
-trail shows the victim’s movement
-oxygenated blood brighter red than blood from impact wounds
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Arterial Spatter
You can determine the victim’s movements after the injury.
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Expirated Blood Patterns Expirated blood pattern:
-blood expelled from mouth/nose from an internal injury
Presence-important clues:-injuries suffered -events
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Void Patterns Void pattern:
-created when object/person blocks deposition of blood spatter onto target surface
-spatter deposited onto the object/person-blank space clue as to the size/shape of
object/person-body position of the victim/assailant
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Contact/Transfer Patterns
Contact/transfer pattern:-object with blood touches surface without
blood-Simple transfer patterns:-object makes contact with and is removed
without any movement of the object-size/general shape of object may be seen in
simple transfer-Other transfers-movement of the bloody
object across a surface
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Transfers
Contact transfer of bloody hand
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Transfers
Contact transfer of bloody foot print
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Flows Flow patterns:
-drops/large amounts of blood flowing-Active-actively bleeding wound-Passive-blood deposited on surface (arterial
spurt) -direction-shows movement of
objects/bodies while flowing/dried-interruption of a flow
pattern-sequence/passage of time between the flow/interruption
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Pools Pools:
-collects in level/undisturbed area-absorbent surface-absorbed throughout the
surface/diffuse-approximate drying time is related to the
environmental conditions-analyst may be able to reasonably estimate
the drying times of stains of different sizes
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Skeletonization
Skeletonization:
-edges of stain dry to surface-50 seconds of deposition of droplets-longer for larger volumes-if bloodstain is altered by a contact of wiping
skeletonized perimeter left intact-skeletonization time-determine timing of
movement/activity
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Trail Patterns Trail pattern:
-series of drops dripping off object/injury
-form line/path usually made by the suspect
-show movement/lead to discarded weapon/provide identification of the suspect by own blood
-shape of stains determine direction/speed person was moving
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Blood trails
Big one
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Documenting Bloodstain Evidence Note/study/photograph-each pattern/drop-accurately record locations of specific
patterns-distinguish stains from which laboratory
samples were taken-photographs techniques:-grid method- grid of squares of known dimensions
over entire pattern-perimeter ruler method-rectangular border of
rulers around pattern/placing a small ruler next to each stain
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Interpreting Bloodstain Evidence
Certified in interpretation:-40 hour course
Imperative:-all personnel familiar with patterns to
properly record/document