Blood Evidence

Which of the following CANNOT be determined from blood spatter?

• Exact Weapon Used
• Manner of Death
• Velocity
• Area of Origin

What type of evidence is blood type?

• Individual
• Class
• Trace
• Physical

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What bloodstain pattern is created when blood is released or thrown from a blood-bearing object?

• Cast-Off
• Walking Drip
• Medium Velocity
• Void

What blood spatter pattern is seen in the picture?

• Transfer/Contact
• Swipe
• Wipe
• Saturation

What can blood spatter evidence tell you?

• the weapon used

• handedness of the assailant

• the order of the events

• angle of impact

• all of the above

What are splines and satellite drops?

• parts of blood spatter

• always present

• help determine directionality and angle

• both A & C

• none of the above

What is cohesion?

• the opposite of adhesion

• the attraction of like molecules

• the attraction of unlike molecules

• both A & B

• none of the above

What type of blood spatter pattern is shown here?

• Terminal velocity
• High velocity
• Medium velocity
• Low velocity

What would cause high velocity blood spatter?

• Baseball bat
• Human hand
• Car collision
• Gunshot

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-1

What would cause low velocity blood spatter?

• Baseball bat
• Gun shot
• Hand grenade
• Gravity