1. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Lesson 4: Documenting Bloodstain Pattern Evidence
March 15, 2015
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2. Transfer Patterns
Transfer patterns are created when an object with blood makes a simple contact with a surface of moves along a surface.
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3. Feathering
Feathering of the pattern may show the direction of movement in.
The photo shows the bloody hand swiping markings to the inside wardrobe closet wall.
One can readily make out four finger swipe markings. Other marks in the photo may have been made by the cuff of the victim’s jacket.
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4. May 25, 2019 Bloodstain Analysis
The photo above was taken December 18th. All the blood in the left upper corner was deposited after the victim had been moved to the spot where she was found.
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5. Flow Patterns
Flows may originate from a single drop of a large amount of blood.
The objects shown were used in a murder in India.
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6. Direction of Flow
The direction of the flow is caused by gravity, so the direction of a pattern may suggest the original position of the surface when the flow was formed.
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7. Pools A pool is formed where large amounts of blood collect.
The pool is formed where large amounts of blood collect.
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8. Pools
The pool may be absorbed into the surface of deposition over time in a specific period of time.
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9. Skeletonization
Skeletonization will remain apparent even after the rest of the bloodstain has been disturbed from its original position.
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10. Presence of Skeletonization
The presence of skeletonization of the perimeter of a bloodstain suggests that the stain was disturbed after the edges had sufficient time to skeletonize.
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11. Drip Trail Patterns
Drip trail pattern is a pattern of bloodstains form a recognizable pathway separate from other patterns.
Formed by the dripping off
moving surface
person
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12. Photographs
Photographs and sketches should be first created of the overall pattern to show orientation of the pattern to the scene.
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13. Photographing with Grid
Medium-range and close-up photographs may use the grid method or perimeter ruler to show the orientation and relative size of the pattern and individual stains.
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