An analysis of the pattern of injuries sustained in each of four major categories of homicides -- stabbing, asphyxia, blunt head injury, and shooting -- is outlined as well as offender and victim profiles. There is a particular emphasis on the post-mortem changes observed in cases of asphyxial death. Because of the similarity in the incidences of the causes of death between this study and a previous study, the author speculates that this small sample may well represent the whole of England. 1 table and 6 references (Author abstract modified)