A Trail Pattern Leading Away from the Victim at a Stabbing

question 7

Multiple Choice

A trail pattern leading away from the victim at a stabbing scene was most likely created by:

• A) the swinging of the murder weapon between strikes.
• B) a victim's arterial wound.
• C) blood expelled from a respiratory injury.
• D) blood dripping from the murder weapon.
• E) postmortem movement of the victim.

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