spatter
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“We don’t have photographs, site plans, measurements, the recovery of projectiles, blood spatter analysis, all of those things we would normally get at a crime scene.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Mejia also said that he saw what appeared to be blood spatter on Grossman’s vehicle, but that he did not have the material analyzed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024
He also noted that the police had for months wrongly believed that blood spatter had been found on Mr. Murdaugh’s shirt, when, in fact, more rigorous tests taken later showed no blood.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
In the defense’s defense, there isn’t strong physical evidence—blood spatter on clothing, fingerprints or footprints, or a definitive murder weapon—tying Alex Murdaugh to the killings.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2023
A delicate, ladylike spatter of applause, and we all sat at the enormous linendraped table.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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