PROCEDURES FOR FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS INCLUDE: COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES WITH POLICE; DEATH SCENE DOCUMENTATION; EXAMINATION OF VICTIMS; SEARCH FOR EXIT WOUNDS; COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE; PREPARATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF BODIES; EXAMINATION OF BODIES AT THE MORGUE; MATERIALS EMITTED FROM HANDGUNS, TYPES OF ENTRANCE AND EXIT WOUNDS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCES; AND ANALYSIS OF A MULTIPLE-DEATH CASE. WAYS IN WHICH FORENSIC AUTOPSIES DIFFER FROM HOSPITAL AUTOPSIES ARE DISCUSSED. FORMS AND A GLOSSARY OF TERMS ARE APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED).