Does anyone have a relationship with a doctor who could shed some light on this? I've tried to do research on the subject but its difficult to find specific information.
I want to know:
How much force would be required for a comminuted fracture?
How much would be required to crack her skull like that? What angle was she hit from?
Would her hair and scrunchi be enough to protect her skin explaining the lack of scalp injury?
How did the bone shatter in? (like if you're walking on ice, and it all goes down to the point of pressure, was it centered or more lateral?)
How would the physics of this work? How much leverage would be required to meet the amount of force required? How would that differ for different lengths of weapon?
How would it work if she was thrown? Would that be possible without many other injuries?*
Obviously these are all pretty hard questions. I haven't been able to answer them (nor can I do the math required! lol)
If anyone knows a trauma doctor, an ER doctor, a bone doctor (would be ideal IMO), a nurse who about this subject, hell even a chiropractor if they could actually answer these.
Between all of us maybe someone could find a doctor they know and trust. If we were able to come to some sort of conclusion about what weapon was used, if any.
* I think that if she was thrown that would help explain the strange mark on her face. It is brown in color whereas the other bruises she had were red or more purple. Would that make it perimortem? Post or antemortem? Would being thrown result in an injury to the neck? Would it be enough to bruise or at least be serious enough that someone would pull a cord around her neck? I find that last question very hard to swallow.