Murder and Mayhem by D P Lyle

Murder and Mayhem by D P Lyle

Author:D P Lyle [Lyle, D P]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2011-04-20T07:00:00+00:00


A: I assume from your question that you want the victim to die fairly quickly. There are several possibilities.

A professional assassin can maneuver a blade between the cervical vertebrae (neck bones) and slice the spinal cord in one movement. Usually the attack comes from behind. The assassin slaps a hand over the victim's mouth and thrusts the blade into the back of the neck, slipping it between the bones. The victim goes limp, falls, and dies almost instantly.

From a similar position the killer can draw the blade across the victim's neck, cutting through the carotid arteries and the trachea (Figure 13). Since the carotid arteries supply blood to the brain, the victim dies quickly, and the cutting of the trachea below the vocal cords prevents the victim from crying out. This is what happened to Nicole Brown Simpson.

A thrusting stab wound to the heart is lethal most of the time and fairly quick. The same can be said for the lungs if a major

artery is severed. But people often survive stab wounds to the chest and even the heart, and would, of course, be able to call for help.

A slashing or stabbing wound to the abdomen might work if the aorta or vena cava was sliced. The problem is that both lie along the back of the abdomen, and a six-inch blade might not reach them. It could, though, if the attacker was strong, thrust the knife deeply, and then made a sweeping motion with the blade. Death would take several minutes since it would require the victim to bleed to death.

The cervical spinal cord cut, the throat slashing, or the stab to the heart are the most effective ways and have the highest likelihood of killing the victim.

The coroner or M.E. would be able to determine the cause of

death without difficulty. The cervical cut would be called "transection of the spinal cord at the cervical level." The throat slashing would be termed "transection of the carotid arteries." The stab to the heart would lead to blood filling the pericardium (the sac around the heart), which would compress the heart and interfere with its function. This would be called "death due to pericardial tamponade secondary to a penetrating knife wound." The abdominal stab would result in "death due to exsanguination secondary to a penetrating abdominal knife wound with perforation of the aorta" or vena cava or both.

Gruesome, huh?



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