Question

a person was hit over the head with a baseball bat during a riot and was killed. the victim was also run over by a car before help arrived, but he was already dead. during the autopsy, he was found to have a broken finger, which already had started to knit itself back together. which injury is antemortem? Which injury is perimortem?

Answer 1

The injury due to baseball bat during riot is a Perimortem injury.

The broken finger injury is the antemortem injury.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Antemortem injury are those injury which were caused before death. These injury usually show signs of healing.
• In the given question, The broken finger started to knit itself back together, so it must have occurred before death and hence is an antemortem injury.
• Perimortem injury occur just before death and show no signs of healing.
• In the question the injury due to baseball bat lead to the death of the victim. Thus, it occurred just before death and is a perimortem injury.
• A postmortem injury occurs after death,.
• In the question the victim was run over by a car after he was already killed by the baseball bat injury. So, it is a postmortem injury. .