Traces of Blood ii-iii
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A medical man can determine if a victim was killed where found or brought there by analyzing the blood pool.
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Blood is treated as evidence only after it is placed, oriented, and preserved with exacting care.
Hans Gross keeps blood evidence in a strict order: first the wider locality, then the stains themselves. He is careful about placement, asking when a mark belongs on the main sketch, when a second sketch is better, and why even a small piece of wood should have its cardinal…
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