forensic photography or roadkill...

I came across a few interesting mishaps while out jogging this morning. The road I was running on is two lanes, but there's not much of a shoulder for a jogger or a pedestrian; on the outside of the guard rail I came upon the site of a small tragedy...can anyone identify this species?
Also there was this, incidently right across the road from each other:
Well, with all you read in the papers now a days, a person wonders what REALLY happened...