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| The "blood" which is projected against the wall appears to have contacted the wall intact -- perhaps in a frangible container such as a balloon. The blood shown spreads out after it strikes the wall -- not in the air. The volume of blood is much greater than would be consistent with head wound from a small caliber handgun wound. | ||
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The energy of a bullet perforating a human head will cause blood to disintegrate, i.e, to break up into small droplets. Blood will not exit the wound intact as "one big drop" as shown in the video but as a spray of small droplets in a variety of sizes. The amount of blood projected out an exit wound (forward spatter) would be much less in volume than the relatively enormous amount shown in the video. The video also shows the blood projected upwards which is not consistent with the essentially horizontal bullet trajectory |
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6. Head Rotates Backwards |
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| A perforating bullet wound of the head with a great amount of projected blood and tissue will most likely cause a head to rotate forward, not backwards as shown. | ||
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| A wound ballistics phenomenon not generally understood is that when a bullet perforates a filled container, the "jet" of projected material (blood and soft tissue) out of the exit hole can be sufficient in momentum to push the container (the head) towards -- not away from -- the shooter. This was demonstrated in a famous experiment by the Nobel Physicist Louis Alvarez who recorded it on 8mm film. Click on the images to see a video of the film. | ||
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Conclusion |
There are several other defects in the video
all of which indicate that this was a staged scene, not a real homicide.
With the increasing availability of high tech video production and
editing and digital enhancement tools I believe we will see more (and
better) such staged homicide scenes on the internet.
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