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Definitely all on tile. I just can't figure out whether it is more likely the pool of blood got on the carpet before or after this photo. If the pool of blood got there afterwards, TA must've somehow moved himself there as I think JA was trying to stop him from getting there. If the blood got...

It's possible, but I don't see TA getting back up after JA has him nearly flat on his back like that. Maybe pushing himself back to the carpet area with his feet, but not getting up again. I wonder if it is possible that the photo shows the very moment TA is sustaining his defensive wounds to...

Nope, not possible based on the flash going off in the very first shower photo, some 7+ minutes before the killing, and the position of the camera relative to TA in some of the photos.

The ME testified that almost all of the wounds that TA suffered, even the cluster of stabs to his back, would have been incapacitating eventually. He also testified that, out of the three most serious injuries that TA suffered, the heart wound was the least likely to be immediately...

I think this may have been posted already, but I found this quote from the book "Gunshot Wounds" to be particularly interesting: "Just as in the case of gunshot wounds of the heart or major blood vessels, individuals can perform tasks or even survive gunshot wounds of the brain, especially if...

Thank you for acknowledging what most knife-firsters refuse to acknowledge!

I have posted the entire exchange many times in my previous posts and was not attempting to take his quote out of context. There is a difference between "incapacitating" and "immediately incapacitating." Even on direct, the ME seemed uncomfortable with characterizing the gunshot wound as...

I believe the blood spatter expert stated that those passive blood drops on the sink dropped directly downwards, and I believe the dripping straight down of the blood is obvious even to a non-expert. It seems like it would be more than a little bit difficult for TA to position the wound in...

It's not just in the autopsy report that the ME addresses the issue of whether hemorrhaging can be detected in decomposing organs. See the ME's testimony, starting at 29:20 or so: http://youtu.be/4h0fje33320?t=29m20s When addressing the issue of his inability to detect whether the lung...

Yes, I believe the aspiration could have been a result of either the stab wound that severed the vena cava OR the gunshot wound. However, I believe the passive blood drops into the sink cannot be a result of the stab wound that severed the vena cava, correct? Which stab wound do you think...

Dave, thank you for this fantastic post. Am I understanding correctly that, according to the autopsy report, there was no hemorrhage in the chest area? Are we to conclude, then, that TA had already bled out when the vena cava was sliced, and that this wound was therefore inflicted post...

Nope. The second bleeding shot was the last photo. Here is the sequence: http://m922.photobucket.com/albumview/albums/SoulShynz9293/shower_travis_murder_pics_xtralarge.jpg.html

Yes. The ME states in his testimony that he did not remember speaking to detective Flores. But he clearly did speak to Flores, as indicated in Flores's report. And, at that time, the ME said TA was shot first. Flores testified that he must've misunderstood what the ME told him, but I really...

I don't think a fall would've caused the spatter in the toilet area. I believe the testimony of the blood spatter expert that those spots were a result of JA stabbing TA while he was low to the ground. That evidence does not change my theory in any way. I believe JA was stabbing TA in the...

Knife-firsters: If you believe JA did not strike the initial blow in the shower (which I find to be an incredibly unlikely scenario given the photographic evidence shows she had spent 7+ minutes luring TA into the vulnerable sitting position, the fact that she almost certainly wanted to contain...

If JA's initial blow was a surprise stab to his chest that severed the vena cava, then wouldn't TA have died almost instantly? I remember reading somewhere, perhaps in the ME's testimony, that TA would've only survived for seconds after that blow was dealt. In other words, how does a stab to...

I understand your point, but all of the other evidence in this case shows that JA was trying to hide her involvement in the crime. To attack with a knife would be to risk being discovered. Above all else, JA did not want to be discovered. She had to have known that firing the gun at TA's head...

Yes, the blood spatter is something we haven't really discussed in detail yet. I reviewed the testimony of the blood spatter expert. I was hoping to find something in the blood spatter evidence that would, as you indicated, provide more information about the path TA took after he left the...

I agree with this. To me, the issue is not whether the bullet passed through the brain, but whether the ME's conclusion that TA could not have sustained the apparent defensive injuries to his hands after suffering the gunshot wound is an infallible conclusion. I don't think it is.

In both of the last two shower photos, there is indisputable evidence that the shower is still running. The water was not turned off in either of these photos and was probably never turned off during the killing.