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-An autopsy often provides the most crucial and reliable evidence.

-Autopsies are performed in order to determine manner and cause of death.

-About 25 percent of all deaths are subject to autopsy, including homiceds, overdoses, accidents, and deaths involving public hazards.

-Unidentified bodies are usually autopsied.

-Autopsies are somtimes ordered after burial.

-Autopsies are either selective (a single organ), partial (a single bodily region), or complete.

-Some religions prohibit autopsies.

-A body is photographed before autopsy, clothed and unclothed, and/or dirty and clean.

-Injuries may be classified into blunt-force trauma, sharp-force trauma, and gunshot wounds.