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Satellite Stain

A smaller bloodstain that originated during the formation of the parent stain as a result of blood impacting a surface.

Committee

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)

ASB TR 033, Terms and Definitions in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Terms and Definitions. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, 2017. Source link