Post by Admin Horan on Apr 2, 2019 9:47:31 GMT -6
Hi, Kay! Well, according the autopsy reports and crime scene photos, I believe I can state with quite a bit of certainty that:
1. Dana was tied up with white tape, either before, or after, being punched in the face a couple of times. Johnny's hands were bruised, so it may have been Johnny who did the punching. Dana may very well have slipped into insulin shock, which can make the person behave as though they are out-of-control drunk and aggressive. Johnny barely knew Dana, and he may not have known a better way of handling the situation. Or, it may have started as a legitimate fight. But Dana was punched a couple of times before he died.
2. Dana was strangled--not choked, where the breathing is cut off, but strangled, where the blood flow to the brain was cut off. There were no ligature marks or finger marks, so he was probably put in a "choke hold" from behind by someone who knew what they were doing. "Deputy" Mike Gamberg has bragged about teaching wrestling and martial arts to to both boys, so again, this could have been Johnny. It is possible that the person let Dana go, but unfortunately, it is not uncommon for the person to die anyway, because the arteries cramp up and don't allow blood flow. They may not have even noticed right away that Dana had actually died. But he did manage to break the bonds on his hands before lost consciousness (Or--and this is important, I think--his bonds may have been broken when his body was moved TO Cabin 28 afterward.)
3. AFTER that, Johnny was struck in the head above the left ear with something about the size and weight of a baseball bat, fracturing his skull. This may have been from behind, perhaps while he had Dana in a chokehold. This injury by itself probably would have been fatal, but his heart was still beating when his throat was stabbed and he bled out on the floor of Cabin 28.
4. AFTER Johnny had been bled out and moved (rolled over) Sue walked through the puddle of Johnny's blood. THEN, she was struck in the mouth (either with a fist, or with a weapon) and then struck several more times about face and head, prrroooobably with a Daisy air rifle. About this time, she was apparently shot in the chest with a pellet from the air rifle. During this time, she incurred "defensive" bruises on her hands and arms. She then fell backward, striking her head behind the ear on the white wooden table you see in the corner of the living room near the "doorway" to the kitchen and hallway. This apparently knocked her unconscious. She was then bound and gagged (suggesting her assailant did not plan to kill her) with clothing and white tape (Justin's DNA was found on the sticky side of the tape around her mouth.) After some time, she was stabbed in the chest with the wood-handled butcher knife found at the scene, piercing her aorta, and she bled to death.
5. Someone used the Sharp's wood-handled hammer to knock Johnny and Dana in the head a few times AFTER they were dead. They did NOT use the hammer on Sue, and Tina's skull showed NO blunt traumas.
So, Dana (fat lip, bloody nose,) and possibly Johnny (bruised hands) DO show possible "defensive wounds," but assuming Dana had submitted to being tied up (a rumor among their classmates held that the whole thing started as a macho teen "tie up game" that went wrong) then Johnny may have punched Dana, or punched someone else. And Sue had defensive wounds, for sure.
1. Dana was tied up with white tape, either before, or after, being punched in the face a couple of times. Johnny's hands were bruised, so it may have been Johnny who did the punching. Dana may very well have slipped into insulin shock, which can make the person behave as though they are out-of-control drunk and aggressive. Johnny barely knew Dana, and he may not have known a better way of handling the situation. Or, it may have started as a legitimate fight. But Dana was punched a couple of times before he died.
2. Dana was strangled--not choked, where the breathing is cut off, but strangled, where the blood flow to the brain was cut off. There were no ligature marks or finger marks, so he was probably put in a "choke hold" from behind by someone who knew what they were doing. "Deputy" Mike Gamberg has bragged about teaching wrestling and martial arts to to both boys, so again, this could have been Johnny. It is possible that the person let Dana go, but unfortunately, it is not uncommon for the person to die anyway, because the arteries cramp up and don't allow blood flow. They may not have even noticed right away that Dana had actually died. But he did manage to break the bonds on his hands before lost consciousness (Or--and this is important, I think--his bonds may have been broken when his body was moved TO Cabin 28 afterward.)
3. AFTER that, Johnny was struck in the head above the left ear with something about the size and weight of a baseball bat, fracturing his skull. This may have been from behind, perhaps while he had Dana in a chokehold. This injury by itself probably would have been fatal, but his heart was still beating when his throat was stabbed and he bled out on the floor of Cabin 28.
4. AFTER Johnny had been bled out and moved (rolled over) Sue walked through the puddle of Johnny's blood. THEN, she was struck in the mouth (either with a fist, or with a weapon) and then struck several more times about face and head, prrroooobably with a Daisy air rifle. About this time, she was apparently shot in the chest with a pellet from the air rifle. During this time, she incurred "defensive" bruises on her hands and arms. She then fell backward, striking her head behind the ear on the white wooden table you see in the corner of the living room near the "doorway" to the kitchen and hallway. This apparently knocked her unconscious. She was then bound and gagged (suggesting her assailant did not plan to kill her) with clothing and white tape (Justin's DNA was found on the sticky side of the tape around her mouth.) After some time, she was stabbed in the chest with the wood-handled butcher knife found at the scene, piercing her aorta, and she bled to death.
5. Someone used the Sharp's wood-handled hammer to knock Johnny and Dana in the head a few times AFTER they were dead. They did NOT use the hammer on Sue, and Tina's skull showed NO blunt traumas.
So, Dana (fat lip, bloody nose,) and possibly Johnny (bruised hands) DO show possible "defensive wounds," but assuming Dana had submitted to being tied up (a rumor among their classmates held that the whole thing started as a macho teen "tie up game" that went wrong) then Johnny may have punched Dana, or punched someone else. And Sue had defensive wounds, for sure.