BlueCrab
New Member
I'd like to try and finalize to the best of our knowledge the cause of death issue -- asphyxiation or head trauma. It's important to our respective theories.
My theory is based on death due to asphyxiation during non-consensual erotic asphyxiation sex. Therefore, in addition to the argument that petechial hemorrhages were above and below the two areas where ligatures were around the neck, I'd like to refer to another area that showed death was likely due to ligature strangulation -- the HEART.
The heart will also show injury when strangulation occurs. Please refer to FORENSIC PATHOLOGY at:
http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/425/425lect12.htm
"All cases of strangulation are characterized by the following:
o intensive heart congestion (enlarged heart; right side ventricle)
o venous engorgement (enlarged veins above point of injury)
o cyanosis (blue discolorationof lips and fingertips)"
From JonBenet's autopsy:
"There are scattered subepicardial petechial hemorrhages over the anterior surface of the heart."
Just my opinion.
BlueCrab
My theory is based on death due to asphyxiation during non-consensual erotic asphyxiation sex. Therefore, in addition to the argument that petechial hemorrhages were above and below the two areas where ligatures were around the neck, I'd like to refer to another area that showed death was likely due to ligature strangulation -- the HEART.
The heart will also show injury when strangulation occurs. Please refer to FORENSIC PATHOLOGY at:
http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/425/425lect12.htm
"All cases of strangulation are characterized by the following:
o intensive heart congestion (enlarged heart; right side ventricle)
o venous engorgement (enlarged veins above point of injury)
o cyanosis (blue discolorationof lips and fingertips)"
From JonBenet's autopsy:
"There are scattered subepicardial petechial hemorrhages over the anterior surface of the heart."
Just my opinion.
BlueCrab