Question: Litos is a death scene investigator responding to scene involving a motorcycle accident in which the decedent was traveling at a high rate of speed and struck a tree. The decedent was found nearly 100 feet from his motorcycle on the opposite side of the road. Upon conducting his initial assessment, Litos notices that the decedent's right arm is completely missing from his body. Litos carefully searches the scene and finds the decedent's arm approximately seven feet away from the decedent (see image). The complete tearing away of this decedent's arm from his body is called an ______________.