Hit-Run Murders: Examination of the Body
In most homicides a list of suspected persons can be obtained without much difficulty by the investigating officers. The victim's family, friends, or other associates are the most common examples. Hit-run murders, however, present a different problem in that rarely is there any relationship whatever between the victim and the driver of the vehicle.Thus, the police must rely almost entirely on the physical evidence found at the scene and the examination of the victim to furnish any leads to narrow the field of search for the guilty person. We will confine our remarks to the examination of the victim and his clothing as sources of medicolegal information to assist in the investigation. . EXAMINATION AT CRIME SCENE
If at all possible, the medical examiner should visit the death scene, but if he cannot do this, there are certain details which the police investi- gator can furnish the medical examiner that will be of great value in the interpretation of injuries...