Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Chapter 16

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Figure 16.1 The victim in this case was raped, strangled with a ligature, and then disposed of (partially nude) at an outdoor location. Note the characteristic abrasions and contusions to the inner thighs.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Figure 16.2 The victim in this case was bound at the wrists with her own shoelaces after being rendered unconscious, but prior to being sexual assaulted. Note the absence of abrasions or contusions associated with the ligature furrow, indicating a lack of resistance.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Figure 16.3 The victim in this case was sexually assaulted after being overpowered by an offender wielding a steak knife. She grabbed the blade defensively and was cut between the thumb and the forefinger. This is a typical defensive injury, resulting from a sharp force weapon attack.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Figures 16.4 This male victim of a sexual homicide was taken willingly to a hotel room by another male that he met at a bar. During or subsequent to a consensual sexual encounter, he was asphyxiated with his own belt and a coat hanger from the room. Note the curvilinear abrasions, reflecting the shape of fingernails, along the right side of the neck, resulting from the victim's attempts to break free of the ligatures.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Figures 16.5 This male victim of a sexual homicide was taken willingly to a hotel room by another male that he met at a bar. During or subsequent to a consensual sexual encounter, he was asphyxiated with his own belt and a coat hanger from the room. Note the curvilinear abrasions, reflecting the shape of fingernails, along the right side of the neck, resulting from the victim's attempts to break free of the ligatures.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Figures 16.6 This male victim of a sexual homicide was taken willingly to a hotel room by another male that he met at a bar. During or subsequent to a consensual sexual encounter, he was asphyxiated with his own belt and a coat hanger from the room. Note the curvilinear abrasions, reflecting the shape of fingernails, along the right side of the neck, resulting from the victim's attempts to break free of the ligatures.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Figures 16.7 This male victim of a sexual homicide was taken willingly to a hotel room by another male that he met at a bar. During or subsequent to a consensual sexual encounter, he was asphyxiated with his own belt and a coat hanger from the room. Note the curvilinear abrasions, reflecting the shape of fingernails, along the right side of the neck, resulting from the victim's attempts to break free of the ligatures.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Figure 16.8 The victim in this case was sexually assaulted and tortured for over 3 hours in a box van before being let go by her rapist. During the attack, she was forced to perform oral sex multiple times while kneeling on a plywood floor with bare knees. The injuries shown resulted.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 10 Figure 16.9 The victim in this case, a young adult male, was mutilated postmortem. Subsequent to sexual assault and homicide by strangulation, his right nipple was bitten, resulting in a characteristic bite mark; his left nipple was cut off with a knife; and he was stabbed multiple times (note the single stab injury shown here, above the nipples). The same injuries are commonly inflicted upon females under the same circumstances.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 11 Figure This photo depicts the scene after crime scene processing efforts were under way, but prior to evidence collection efforts. Note item 27, the bowl of ice cubes (by then melted); item 31, a Vaseline lotion bottle; and item 36, the Mag-Lite. In August 2008, Jack Lewis was convicted of first- degree murder and related charges.