Backwoods
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I checked into that the other day. Dr P was not a forensic pathologist. Consider the discrepancies in the postmortem analysis of Marcia Trimble's death, particularly regarding time of death. I asked December if she recalled any remarks about livor mortis, but she doesn't.
http://books.google.com/books?id=3M...nepage&q=dr michael petrone nashville&f=false
Thanks for the link; that's interesting and helpful.
Not discounting Dr. P's opinion, because it seems some coroners, though not M.E.s, have knowledge and experience enough to make very valuable contributions -- but I DO wish, of course, there had been an M.E. on the case (Kathy's, I mean) and an autopsy. I wonder if it being holiday time played any role in those steps not being taken... oh, well.
bessie, it seems like a forensic pathologist could take a look NOW (and maybe one has, in some of the cold case investigation) at the case and at the crime scene photos and make some determinations about things such as possible types of weapons involved, livor mortis, etc.
One thing I've wondered is whether SOME of the extensive "bruising" December has heard about may have in fact been livor mortis, observed by laypersons. I think December mentioned some of it was in an area of Kathy's body that made it seem the bruising was "from the rape" -- and of course that could indeed be -- but maybe bruising and livor kind of blended at places...?
December, what about Kathy's face -- did your dad say whether she appeared to have been struck or beaten in that area?