Bloodstains Speak – Understanding Crime Through Patterns

 

🔍 Bloodstains Can Speak: A Deep Dive into Bloodstain Pattern Analysis


🩸 Blood is not just a vital fluid—it’s a silent witness.

At a crime scene, the pattern, shape, and direction of bloodstains can help reconstruct exactly what happened.






Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA) is a powerful tool in forensic science. Investigators use it to understand:

  • The type of weapon used 🔪

  • The number of blows given 🪓

  • The direction from which blood came ↩️

  • The position of the victim and attacker 👣


Cast-off stains, arterial spurts, and impact spatters all carry clues.

Even a single drop can reveal height, angle, and motion—all critical details in solving a case.


💡 Did You Know? A blood drop falling straight down creates a round stain, but if it hits at an angle, the stain becomes elongated, revealing the direction it came from!


Posted by: Code of Crime

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