Enter the Forensic Pathologist

ASaturday evening in 1960’s Middlesex, UK. A young man, of about mid-twenty in age, is discovered brutally injured from fight injuries in a side-lane. He is barely alive and does not survive thirty hours in hospital. In their murder investigation, the police struggle to find evidence that will help identify the perpetrators of this merciless assault. The investigating C.I.D officer calls in help from Scotland Yard. Professor Donald Teare, the consulting expert, describes this case in his essay, <a href="https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC1750276&blobtype=pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">The Scotland Yard Autopsy</a> (1968). Teare was able to clear up the matter expeditiously. Dissection showed internal bruising much more extensive than what appeared externally. There was more bruising than caused by a fist, but not sufficiently localised to indicate the use of a car jack or similar weapon. The “weapon” in this case, Teare was confident, were shoes. <a href="https://dozome.medium.com/enter-the-forensic-pathologist-ea32ff171448">Learn More</a>