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==Accounting==
==Accounting==
Number of entrance wound should equal the number of exit wounds -- if it doesn't there are:
Number of entrance wound should equal the number of exit wounds -- the explanation is:
*Bullets in the body,
#Bullets still in the body.
*"Tandem bullets" -- two bullets entered at the same place,
#"Tandem bullets" -- two bullets entered (or exited) at the same place.
*Secondary projectile -- the bullet hit something, e.g. bone, and made it fly out of the body,
#Secondary projectile -- a bullet hit something, e.g. bone, and made it fly out of the body.
*You missed an entrance or exit,
#Pathologist missed an entrance ''or'' exit.
**Places to look:
#*Places to look:
***Below chin (common in suicides),
#**Below chin (common in suicides).
***In mouth (common in suicides),
#**In the mouth (common in suicides).
***Back,
#**Ears.
*** ... anywhere the sun don't shine.
#**Back.


==Firearm projectiles==
==Firearm projectiles==
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