BlueCrab
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Ivy said:In the autopsy photo, I think the blanched area on the lower part of the neck shows where the cord was positioned when the garotte was yanked the first time. The blanched area seems to be the same width as the cord. The red areas surrounding the blanched area appear to be petechial hemmorhages. I agree the rope could have been used, but I see no indication of it. For some reason, I can't see the scalloped pattern others of you do.
Ivy, I tend to agree with much of what you say in this post. The circumferential blanched area at the bottom of the neck may have been from the 1/4" white nylon cord, but it could also have been from the 1/2" manila rope. In other words, maybe both the cord and the rope had been wrapped around her neck, perhaps simultaneously and for different reasons.
The lower circumferential injury on the neck is of particular interest. There had obviously been a cord or rope wrapped around the neck at that point because the petechial hemorrhages are there just above the injury. But the important thing is the white area where the cord or rope had been.
Blanching like that wouldn't have occurred unless the cord or rope had been left tight around the neck before and after death, preventing blood to enter that area of the skin and thus blanching it white compared to the surrounding skin.
It could mean that the thicker rope had been used to hang JonBenet by the neck, but had been removed from the neck later after cutting her down. The smaller cord with the ligature on one end and a wooden handle on the other end, IMO, had been used for another purpose -- EA.
Just my opinion.
BlueCrab