Maybe so but scientific results can be repeated and get the same results each time. If not, something is yet missing. Glass and a human skull and tissue are totally unrelated.
If the recreated fracture only ran from impact point to the posterior base of the skull and did not run forward from the impact point then I have some doubts. :shame:
I also assume that was a synthetic wig and not human hair. That makes a difference too. So does the fact as mentioned above that there was no "brain" inside that skull. I also trust otg's observation that the displaced area is cylindrical and not rectangle.
But we'll see what they come up with.
I agree and believe it's worth considering another element of their behavior.
As Ive mentioned I dont see the flashlight causing an elliptical comminuted depression. However, veering from the forensic for a moment, I want to mention something psychological. This is a reference to behavior Ive witnessed many times, not just in the course of their interviews with LE but also within their interviews with TV news folks. (If anyone wants to do a comparison of these interviews, many of the TV transcripts are still available on ffj, ws and acr.) Of course, what I wish to describe has been seen by many here, certainly its familiar to long-time sleuths like otg and cynic. Its the manner in which PR and JR in particular change the goal posts, shift their stories.
There is a suggestion from Dr. P that JR put BR to bed with a flashlight. Now if that isnt strange enough, then BR volunteers that he snuck downstairs to play with a toy. Assuming he went down the front stairs to the living room, one might expect he snuck downstairs with a flashlight, the one which JR used to put him to bed.
Finding JRs or BRs tDNA on the flashlight doesnt really mean much, since they covered why it could have been used - to put BR to bed or maybe sneak downstairs to play. I propose another reason for this flashlight discussion. For me the flashlight talk simply sounds like the typical R manner of throwing misleading red herrings over reality.
Since several neighbors noticed a difference in the lighting both outside the home and inside some of the rooms which traditionally were lit during the night, it is very likely the flashlight was used to move around the home without turning on overhead lights. Someone, likely JR, wipes it down afterwards and leaves it atop a counter. He later fails to recognize it and says he didnt use his flashlight recently. Imo, JRs plan was to suggest the flashlight belonged to an intruder. He does this with the window downstairs and PR and JR also use old pry marks on the door jamb to insinuate an intruder. (Their lawyers even gave a photo of the old door damage to the Rocky Mt. News with a quote: "The material released today demonstrates substantial evidence of an intruder." ) LHP and friend BF knew this was a ruse; both had noticed the damage to the door jamb in months prior.
Well, it didnt work to attribute the flashlight to the intruder. So then it becomes an item used to put BR to bed. Wait a minute, BR used it to sneak downstairs. For those and other instances of shifting stories its my belief JR and BR are sharing dupers delight over the fact that once again folks are chasing one of the red herrings in the case.
Btw, Spitz is on record in IRMI as saying that the (head) damage could have been caused by the flashlight but it could also have been caused by other things.