Bloodstain Pattern

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What is arterial spatter?

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Spatter created when a victim suffers an injury to a main artery or the heart.

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What is impact spatter?

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Produced when an object makes forceful contact with a source of blood, projecting drops of blood outward from the source.

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What is a swipe bloodstain?

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from the transfer of blood from a moving source onto a surface.

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What defines high-velocity impact spatter?

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Impact spatter pattern created by a force traveling at 100 feet per second or faster, producing drops with diameters less than 1 millimeter.

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What is flow bloodstain?

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A bloodstain pattern resulting from the movement of blood due to gravity or movement of the victim.

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What is cast-off spatter?

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Bloodstains that are created when blood is flung from a moving object.

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What is a void bloodstain?

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An absence of blood in a pattern where blood should be present, indicating an object or person blocked the blood.

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What is satellite spatter?

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Small droplets of blood that break off from a larger drop of blood upon impact.

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What is the significance of bloodstain pattern analysis?

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It helps forensic experts reconstruct the events surrounding a crime scene.

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What is the difference between low-velocity and high-velocity spatter?

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Low-velocity spatter has larger drops and is produced by a force traveling at less than 5 feet per second, while high-velocity spatter has smaller drops and is produced by a force traveling at 100 feet per second or faster.