Post by Admin Horan on Apr 3, 2019 10:26:34 GMT -6
People are ALWAYS disappointed by real-life police reports, autopsy reports, etc, because it's NOT like TV. The ME will NOT render an "opinion" on much UNTIL he/she testifies in court. Etc etc etc. But I don't see any problems with these autopsy reports. I would like to know the ME's opinion on time of death, but those are never as precise as on TV, and another thing people don't realize is, those are usually influenced by other evidence. I'm confident in asserting that the ME's notes on things like bruising and swelling that some wounds were older than others, etc.
On the one hand, a "modern" autopsy might have looked harder for things like "trace" evidence, but as I go around pointing out all the time, 99 times out of a hundred, all that "trace evidence" stuff is more misleading than enlightening.
Now, one way we "know" Sue was beaten up before she was tied up is simple--there is simply no way she COULD have gotten those defensive wounds on her hands and arms AFTER she was tied up. Secondly, there was no reason to beat her AFTER she was tied up and gagged (she was mostly likely unconscious from falling back and hitting her head on the table).
Now, we know Dana did not bleed from any wounds, and Sue could not have walked through a puddle of her own blood, so, we know she stepped in Johnny's blood. McNarie had a wild theory that she was picked up and "put" in the puddle, but, where are the killers bloody footprints? Not to mention that's a pretty wild theory, anyway.
And finally, if Johnny had say, tried to block a blow from a baseball bat, ALL his fingers on that hand would most likely be bruised. But since only his middle finger, near the "knuckle" at the base of the finger was bruised, that is much more consistent with punching someone in the face, either the occipital area (eyebrow, etc) or the chin area. And Dana had a black eye and fat lip. Someone else MIGHT have [also] punched Dana, but, I'll say it again, there is NO reason, NO evidence, NO witness, that REQUIRES another person to have been present. But the pattern of livor mortis, and the time elapsed between Dana's death and Johnny's, is hard to explain--unless Dana's death (and probably Johnny's skull fracture) happened somewhere else, BEFORE they arrived at Cabin 28. But the only "evidence" for such a scenario is Dana's missing diabetic kit.
See?
On the one hand, a "modern" autopsy might have looked harder for things like "trace" evidence, but as I go around pointing out all the time, 99 times out of a hundred, all that "trace evidence" stuff is more misleading than enlightening.
Now, one way we "know" Sue was beaten up before she was tied up is simple--there is simply no way she COULD have gotten those defensive wounds on her hands and arms AFTER she was tied up. Secondly, there was no reason to beat her AFTER she was tied up and gagged (she was mostly likely unconscious from falling back and hitting her head on the table).
Now, we know Dana did not bleed from any wounds, and Sue could not have walked through a puddle of her own blood, so, we know she stepped in Johnny's blood. McNarie had a wild theory that she was picked up and "put" in the puddle, but, where are the killers bloody footprints? Not to mention that's a pretty wild theory, anyway.
And finally, if Johnny had say, tried to block a blow from a baseball bat, ALL his fingers on that hand would most likely be bruised. But since only his middle finger, near the "knuckle" at the base of the finger was bruised, that is much more consistent with punching someone in the face, either the occipital area (eyebrow, etc) or the chin area. And Dana had a black eye and fat lip. Someone else MIGHT have [also] punched Dana, but, I'll say it again, there is NO reason, NO evidence, NO witness, that REQUIRES another person to have been present. But the pattern of livor mortis, and the time elapsed between Dana's death and Johnny's, is hard to explain--unless Dana's death (and probably Johnny's skull fracture) happened somewhere else, BEFORE they arrived at Cabin 28. But the only "evidence" for such a scenario is Dana's missing diabetic kit.
See?