Forensics Quiz

The leading differential diagnosis is that the vascular trauma was the reason of death that resulted from the bullet injuring the heart and/or the man arteries to the heart. Another possible cause of death is that the bullet could have punctured the lungs, not allowing the man to breathe. This could be ruled out through an autopsy and examination of lungs. The liver could have also been injured by a puncture from the fracture 8th rib which would lead to bleeding and death. This could be ruled out by an autopsy and examination of the liver. The last possible cause of death could be that when the bullet exited the body that it hit the stomach and killed the man. This also can be ruled out by autopsy, and examination of the stomach. By examining the body, having an X-ray of the body to see the path of the bullet and its fragments. Also the amount of blood the man loss will help rule out the diagnoses, but the final diagnosis will be determined by a full body autopsy.


Bullet would enter above the third rib and hit the lungs and heart an exit 5 cm above the belly button and damage the stomach