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"ref": "1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens",
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"text": "2013, Marcus Berkmann, \"Blood and gore of the real 'who dunnits',\" Review of Silent Witnesses by Nigel McCrery, Daily Mail, 22 August, 2013, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2400118/Blood-gore-real-dunnits-SILENT-WITNESSES-BY-NIGEL-MCCRERY.html\n[…] whether the blood has splashed, or blobbed, or trickled, can reveal whether the victim was killed here or moved afterwards."
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"ref": "1959 December 7, “The Big Appel”, in Time, archived from the original on 2013-08-27",
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"ref": "1964, A. S. Byatt, chapter 3, in The Shadow of the Sun, Harcourt, Brace & Co., published 1991, page 47",
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"text": "2013, Marcus Berkmann, \"Blood and gore of the real 'who dunnits',\" Review of Silent Witnesses by Nigel McCrery, Daily Mail, 22 August, 2013, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-2400118/Blood-gore-real-dunnits-SILENT-WITNESSES-BY-NIGEL-MCCRERY.html\n[…] whether the blood has splashed, or blobbed, or trickled, can reveal whether the victim was killed here or moved afterwards."
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