Summary
Rustem Slobodin wore a black sweater, long sleeve shirt (black and red square) with a passport, another shirt underneath, two pairs of pants with four pairs of socks. Two insoles from boots. It was a common way to dry insoles using body heat. Unlike previous bodies he wore one boot (valenki) on his right leg. His watches (Zvezda) stopped at 8:45am. His pockets had 310 rubles and a passport. Additionally searchers discovered a knife, pen, pencil, comb and a match box with a single sock. Cadaverous blue- red spot are abundantly located on the back of the neck, trunk and limbs.
- minor brownish red abrasions on the forehead, two scratches are 1.5 cm long at the distance of 0.3 cm between them (1)
- brownish red bruise on the upper eyelid of the right eye with hemorrhage into the underlying tissues (2)
- traces of blood discharge from the nose (3)
- swollen lips
- swelling and a lot of small abrasions of irregular shape on the right half of the face (4)
- abrasions on the left side of the face (5)
- epidermis is torn from the right forearm (6)
- bruises in the metatarsophalangeal joints on both hands. Similar bruises are common in hand to hand combat (7)
- brown cherry bruises on the medial aspect of the left arm and left palm (8)
- bruises on the left tibia in dimensions at 2.5* 1.5 cm (9)
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Autopsy discovered a fracture of the frontal bone and hemorrhages (shaded areas) in the temporalis muscle on the skull of Rustem Slobodin. Boris Alekseevich Vozrojdenniy suggested that this could be done with some foreign blunt object. Medical autopsy further states that Slobodin probably suffered loss of coordination due to initial shock right after the blow that could speed up his death from hypothermia. However the conclusion is predictably careful.
Death of Rustem Slobodin was judged as a result of hypothermia. All bruises and scratches were blamed on last minutes of death agony.
Although it is still somewhat unclear how did he manage to harm his exterior hands and legs. When the person falls even in an irrational state it is usually the palms that suffer the most as well as medial aspects of the legs. Injury to the head are less common, especially bilateral ones.
Rustem Slobodin died on his back, yet there is no damage on the back of his head, just the sides. His injury pattern is different from the pattern we usually see in injuries suffered by a freezing man in the last minutes of his or her life. It looks as if Rustem fell repeatedly on his face without even trying to slow the fall with his hands as he was walking down the mountain. And every time he fell he managed to hit different sides of the his head. It is unusual to see in a man who was probably in a better physical shape than anyone in the group. Even a long ski trip could hardly be responsible for this alleged "clumsiness".
Official Investigation: "Discoveries made during the internal study of the left frontal bone fracture could be explained by a fall of citizen Slobodina. Contusion of the head could come as a result of a hit against hard objects, what could be a stone, ice and more."
No alcohol discovered in blood.
The remaining four bodies were inspected on May 9th, 1959 below Dyatlov Pass. Their bodies were found several months after their deaths by a Mansi native Kurikov with his dog.
The rest of the bodies were found on May 9, 1959. Mansi hunter Kurikov with his dog searched the bed of the stream not far from the cedar. There he discovered the first pieces of clothing of tourists, and then the bodies of the last four members of the group.
Act of autopsy of the corpse of Slobodina Rustem
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ACT number 5
Forensic medical examination of the corpse of the Citizen Slobodin
Rustem Vladimirovich 23 years old
On March 8, 1959 according to the decision of the prosecutor's
office of Sverdlovsk Region on March 7 1959 the forensic experts of
the Regional Bureau of the Sverdlovsk Region forensics Vozrozhdenny
B.A. in the presence of the public prosecutor of the Sverdlovsk
region of the state counselor of justice Ivanov L.N. with witnesses
present, Gordo S.D. and NASKICHEV K.V., in a morgue of the Central
Hospital number H-240 in a daylight and sunny weather made the
autopsy of the corpse of a citizen Slobodina R.V., to determine the
cause of death and the respond to the questions listed in the
decree.
Circumstances of the case:
On January 23, 1959 an amateur group of tourists of 10 people went
to ski tour route from Ivdel to Mount Otorten. From a settlement of
Vtoroy Severny 9 people went on a the ski trip. On 1st February 1959
the band began the ascent to the mountain Otorten and pitched their
tent at the elevation of 1079. On the night of 2 of February
death of 9 persons have occured under mysterious circumstances.
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External examination:
On the table lies the corpse of a man in an unusual pose: a corpse's
head tilted somewhat backwards, chin forward and up, right hand on
the right shoulder joint is somewhat extended, bent at a right angle
at the elbow, fingers clenched into a fist. The left arm is drawn
back and the side, elbow joint is straight. He carries a hand watch
"Star", that stopped at 8 hours and 45 minutes. The right leg in the
hip joint is bent at an angle of 120 degrees and the knee joint is
at the right angles. The left leg in the hip joint is bent at a
right angle and the knee joint at an angle of 60 degrees. Both legs
adjoin each other in the inner surface of the lower thigh and the
lower third of the leg.
Corpse's clothing: a black cotton sweater, beneath it is a black
cowboy shirt with red squares, fastened by 3 buttons and cuffs
fastened each in the 2 buttons. Cowboy has left buttoned patch
pocket on a safety pin. In his pocket following items were found:
passport in the name of Rustem Slobodina Vladimirovich, money - 310
rubles, 4 bank notes x 50 rubles bank note and 10 rubles / red ink
pen. Between sweater and cowboy on his chest, 2 insoles of the shoe
were discovered [common way to warm the insole on a trip].
Under a cowboy shirt warm fleece sweatshirt was found, fastened with two
buttons under another blue knit shirt with long sleeves. Ski pants,
dark, fastened with a button and a strap. Items in pockets: a box of matches
with 48 matches, a pocket knife on a long rope, comb in a case, two
strings and a pencil, x / paper.
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sock. Beneath blue satin sweat pants, in the back pocket letter from
the trade union was found which was dated by January 20, 1959. Under
sweatpants another pair of warm pants were found, light gray in
color, fleece, buttoned / couple of shirts / Under pants blue satin
underwear with an elastic band. Black valenki [type of the traditional russian boot]
on the right foot. Right foot is also covered by: X / paper socks,
then gray vigonevye socks, x / first paper sock and then another
brown sock. Left leg is missing a boot, socks are in the same order.
Head is covered by dark brown curly hair, length is up to 8 cm. High
forehead is sloping backwards. Skin on his face are bluish-reddish
in color. Cadaverous bluish- reddish spots are abundantly located on
the back of the neck and trunk and extremities. Rigor mortis was
resolved completely in the muscle groups. In the area of the
forehead (in the middle) there are small abrasions dark- red in
color, slightly depressed. Above them, two scratches were discovred,
linear , under a dry brown crust that measures 1.5 cm in length. It
is located parallel to the superciliary arcs at a distance of 0.3 cm
from each other. Thick brown eyebrows. Eyes half-open. In the area
of the right upper eyelid dark- red abrasions were discovered
measuring 1 x 0.5 cm. Marked hemorrhage in the soft tissues around
abrasions and scratches were noted. The cornea is cloudy, grey-
brownish iris color, the pupils are dilated. In the area of the
cornea Lyarshe spots [sign of
death, dried out cloudy cornea]
were noted. Bridge of nose is straight, the bridge of the nose is
dark red in color. Dark red spot 1.5 x 1 cm is located at the tip of
the nosecovered by a dry crust. The lips are swollen. The mouth is
closed, at the openings of the nose traces of a dried blood. The
borders of the lips are wrinkled, dark- red and dry. Teeth are
smooth, white. Tongue is in the oral cavity behind the teeth. The
mucous membrane of the mouth and gums are pale
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cerned color.
The right half of the face a few swollen, her many small abrasions
irregularly shaped parchment density under the dry crust, passing in
part on the chin. On the left half of the face minor scratches of
the same nature, among them one abrasion measuring 1.2 x 0.4 cm
below the dry brown crust in the left zygomatic tuber. Auricles oval
sinyushnokrasnovatogo color on the outer edge of the right auricle
soft tissue burovishnevogo color touch dense parchment density of
the same character soft tissue in the left auricle. The opening of
the mouth and the ear passages clean. On the neck of small abrasions
on the left dark red color, the chest of a cylindrical shape, the
stomach is located at chest level. The skin of the trunk and upper
extremities to the wrist joints and lower limbs [cyanotic?] Pink.
Soft fabric rear and palmar surfaces of both hands burolilovogo
color. In the metacarpal-phalangeal joints of the hands osadnenie
protrusions of soft tissue in areas measuring 8 x 1.5 cm, covered
with a dry crust with parchment density below the skin. On the left
hand edge of the elbow portion osadneniya burovishnevogo parchment
color density measuring 6 x 2 cm. Osadneniya with the transition to
the side surface at the left hand finger. Palm surface brushes
sinyushnolilovogo color. In the area of the terminal phalanges of
both hands wrinkled soft tissues are dense to the touch. The lower
third of the right forearm on the back surface with two sections of
the epidermis lack measuring 2.5 x 3 x 3.5 cm and 1.5 cm. Irregular
edges blednokrasnogo color. The front internal surface of the upper
limbs
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well defined vein pattern. External genitalia are formed correctly.
The head of the penis lilovokrasnogo color, dense to the touch
wrinkled. The opening of the anus clean. In the area of the stop
well defined vein pattern, soft cloth feet have the form "bathhouse"
skin. soft tissue osadnenie dark red color 2.5 x 1.5 cm. and 4.5 x
1.5 cm on the outer surface of the lower third of the left tibia.
b / Domestic research
Skin patches of the scalp with the inner surface of the moist,
juicy, brilliant. Accordingly lobnovisochnoy right area, the right
and left temporal muscles spilled hemorrhage impregnation with soft
tissue. From the front edge of the left temporal bone scales toward
anteriorly and upward portion of the frontal bone is a bone fracture
with the divergence of the edges up to 0.1 cm, the crack length up
to 6 cm. The crack is located at a distance of 1.5 cm from the
sagittal suture. In addition, there is a discrepancy in the joints
temporo-parietal suture on the left as well as right / postmortem /.
The dura mater cyanosis, poor blood supply to the vessels of it.
Under the dura mater it contained up to 75 cm3, bloody fluid, pia
cloudy, krasnozelenovatogo color. brain substance is a shapeless
mass zelenovatokrasnogo color contours indistinguishable ventricles,
and gray and white matter. In the upper left edge of the pyramid
site hemorrhage under bone plate measuring 0.3 x 0.4 cm. The bones
of the skull base intact.
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Subcutaneous fat body developed satisfactorily correct the position
of the internal organs. The pleural cavities contained up to 1 liter
of bloody fluid / exudate /. The pericardium contained 30 cm3 of
bloody fluid. Heart 11 x 10 x 6 cm. Cardiac muscle dark red color in
the section, the left ventricle muscle thickness of 1.5 cm. 0.5cm
right. The left and right halves of the heart contained up to 100
cm3 dark liquid blood. The valves of the heart, the pulmonary artery
aortic smooth, thin, dark red color unclear. Coronary heart freely
passable. The inner surface of the aortic smooth and clean. Light
surface color sinyushnokrasnogo testovatoy to touch on the cut lung
tissue dark red color when pressed with the cut surface liberally
dripping bloody foamy fluid and fluid dark blood. The lumen of the
larynx and bronchi free. Esophageal tracheal bronchus
lilovokrasnovatogo colors contained in the stomach mucous mass
burozheltogo color in an amount of about 100 cm3. The mucous
membrane of the stomach swollen, serovatokrasnogo color with
well-defined folding. On the surface of mucosal folds
melkotochechnye hemorrhage Vishnevsky spots. Horns pod''yazychnoy
bones intact. The thyroid gland in the red section. Pancreas on
lilovokrasnogo color section. The liver surface is smooth, shiny,
liver size of 23 x 16 x 12 x 7 cm, on the section of liver tissue
burovishnevogo color, full-blooded sharply, with poor hepatic
discernible pattern. The gallbladder contained up to 30 (or 80 -
approx compiler.) Cm3 brown fluid, mucous burozheltogo its velvety
color. Spleen loose to the touch, the cut fabric of her
temnovishnevogo colored pulp with a cut surface gives big scrape.
Spleen size 7 x 11 x 3 cm.
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In the lumen of the small intestine contained a slimy mass
gryaznozheltogo color. In the lumen of the colon poluoformlenny cal.
The mucous membrane of the intestine sinyushnoserogo color. Kidneys
from the surface smooth, brilliant, right kidney size 11 x 5 x 3 cm,
left 10 x 5 x 3 cm. On the cut fabric kidney temnovishnevogo color,
cortical and medullary layer of kidney discernible well. The layers
of the adrenal glands to distinguish good. In the area of the
right adrenal hemorrhage in the medulla. The bladder contained up to
200 cm3 hazy pale yellow liquid. The mucous membrane of the urinary
bladder cyanosis. For chemical and histological examination of the
corpse is taken from the specified portion of the internal organs
and part of the pyramid of the temporal bone.
In the study of internal organs presence of alcohol is not detected.
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SUD.MED.EKSPERT REGIONAL
BUREAU forensic - / signature / / Rojdestestvenskiy /
PROSECUTOR the Sverdlovsk region
counselor of state
JUSTICE ??? - CLASS - / signature / / KLINOV /
REGIONAL PROSECUTOR criminologist
PROSECUTION ML. Counselor of Justice - / signature / / Ivanov /
Concepts: - / signature / / Gordo /
- / Signature / / NASKICHEV /
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CONCLUSION
Based on these studies the corpse of a citizen Slobodina Rustem
Vladimirovich, 23 years, given the circumstances of the case believe
that the death Slobodina come from the action of low temperature /
freezing / as evidenced by: swelling of the meninges, congestion of
internal organs, spots Vishnevsky on the mucous membrane of the
stomach, frostbite the fingers of the upper extremities of the
third, fourth degree.
Discovered at an internal study of the left frontal bone fracture
could occur in the fall Slobodina citizen or contusion of the head
against hard objects, what could be a stone, ice and more. Said
closed cranial trauma caused by a blunt instrument. At the time of
occurrence, it certainly caused a state of momentary stun Slobodina
and contributed to the rapid freezing Slobodina. The lack of
explicit bleeding under the meninges gives reason to believe that
death is Slobodina came as a result of frost.
The injuries found on the body of a citizen Slobodina, due to
abrasions, scratches, osadneniya caused by a blunt instrument as a
result of a fall or injury on the rocks, ice and more.
Damage had been caused during his lifetime, as well as in the agonal
state posthumously.
These studies corpse Slobodina suggest that meal he had for 6-8
hours until death. Alcohol is not detected during internal
investigations.
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In view of the above injuries SLOBODIN in the early hours from the
moment of their infliction could move and crawl.
Death Slobodina violent - an accident.
SUD.MED.EKSPERT REGIONAL
BUREAU forensic - signature / Renaissance /