Fascinating Forensic Facts – Blood Stains

There are many fascinating forensic subjects for a crime writer to research. For my crime novels I’ve researched gunshot wounds, death by crossbow, poisons, blunt force trauma, suffocation, fire and more. I am very grateful to all the forensic scientists, Hampshire police officers and the Hampshire Fingerprint Bureau and crime scene investigators who have helped me.

Blood Pattern Analysis

Blood can leave the body in many different ways, depending on the type of injury inflicted. It can flow, drip, spray, spurt, gush or just ooze from wounds.

projected or impact stains result from blood projecting through the air and are usually seen as spatter, but may also include gushes, splashes and arterial spurts.