Injuries to SFlores' Eye
There was a short discussion back there, about the injury to the eye. Sorry, I can't seem to back-track, and find the post. Having trouble keeping track.
In any case, it was suggested that the report of the eye 'missing' (most likely fallen out of it's socket, as some would say), was a result of decomposition. The suggestion being, that the eye somehow blew out, in the early stages of decomposition.
I have been reading up on eye injuries.
There are numerous cases of traumatic facial and head injuries, that result in what is called "traumatic globe luxation".
Basically, the eye pops out or bulges out of what we might call, the "socket". The journal articles I read, discussed cases involving traumatic head injury, such as an auto accident, blow to the head, etc. One case involved a 26-year old man, who was sitting in the back seat of the car during an auto accident. No seat belt. He was semi-comatose. His left globe (eye) was dislocated, and the eyelids were closed behind it. There was no laceration in the cornea, sclera and extraocular muscles. However, there were multiple fractures of the nasal, inferior and temporal walls of the orbit and in the nasal bone. Some of these fractures (the ones involving orbital floor), are referred to as an "orbital blow out".
Orbital floor (the thin bones that make up the structure of the bony eye orbit) fractures can increase the volume of the orbit. Orbital hemorrhage is possible; the globe (eye) can be either ruptured, or suffer less severe forms of trauma.
" A high-velocity object that impacts the globe and upper eyelid transmits kinetic energy to the periocular structures. This energy results in pressure with a downward and medial vector usually targeting the infraorbital groove. Most fractures occur in the posterior medial region that is comprised of the thinnest bones."
"Orbital fractures - either found alone, or in conjuction with other facial fractures, are the most commonly encountered mid-facial fracture, second only to nasal fractures ".
Based on reading numerous case studies I read today, I don't believe that the displacement of the eye, was due to decomposition, but to the trauma to the mid-facial bones, nasal fractures, and an orbital blow out.
Make no mistake, this was an incredibly violent blow or blows to the head and/face, that caused this.
It was Brutal. Absolutely brutal.
