Got called out to a dead guy today. Everything appeared to the responding officers to be a suicide, western single-action revolver still in stiff's hand, entry wound to the chin, locked up house, nothing disturbed or missing; all pretty straight forward. That was until (tension building music: dum dum DUM) the Sargent noticed that there were THREE exit wounds around this guy's head. I get there and Sarge points this out to me, sure enough... three exit holes, and three holes in the ceiling and wall. Now I was never good at mathematics in school, but it seemed that was a bit more than one suicidal shot could produce.
Just before I pulled the "Calling All Detectives" bell, I looked at the injuries again reeeel close.....
Suicide it was.
When a 45 Colt revolver (a BIG round) slug travels upward through the jaw, and you happen to have some complex dental work, the slug can turn some of that dental work into projectiles, causing then to accelerate to about the same speed as the slug.
I dug into the sheetrock, found a bullet and two gold teeth.
Dead Investigations... These stories are from my brain. They may or may not contain stuff that actually happened, thereby no defense attorney should conclude that these stories constitute stuff that was not revealed in any disclosure. This is not official... it's entertainment.
Who is Dave?
- Detective Dave (retired)
- 40 miles from the Surf, Washington, United States
- 29 year veteran of the local Constabulary. 20 years on the SWAT team; assigned as Sniper Team Leader. Detective in the Major Crimes unit, Now retired and a full-time volunteer at Shiloh Bible Camp shilohbiblecamp.com. Working at being full-time follower of Jesus Christ. Married to the most beautiful and loving woman in the world.
5 comments:
Whoa, move over, Grissom!
Wow!!! That's fascinating and something I figured I'd hear on Dr. G, Medical Examiner! You rock!! Poor dead guy. Permanant solution. Stupid. Sad. Lisa
They call them Sergents because "overpaid babysitter" was already taken.
Nice work.
Between the gun and the teeth, the guy might have a decent casket.
If I ever succumb to any type of foul play, I want you working my case!
Wowzer....that's a great eye ya got there. Good thinking. Love your tales.
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