Alyssa Goard @AlyssaMGoard 1h1 hour ago
Now on the witness stand is
Kendall Crowns, the Deputy Medical Examiner with the Travis County Medical Examiner’s office. He worked on Haruka Weiser’s autopsy 4/6/2016
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 1h1 hour ago
Next up: Kendall Crowns of the Travis County Medical Examiner's office. He's gonna tell us he performed the autopsy on UT student Haruka Weiser.
Molly OakVerified account @MollyAndAMic 1h1 hour ago
We're back. As expected, Kendall Crowns is up next. He's a deputy medical examiner with the Travis County Medical examiner's Office. He says he's done roughly around 10,000 autopsies.
Alyssa Goard @AlyssaMGoard 1h1 hour ago
We will be looking at some of the photographs from Weiser’s autopsy. Defense objected to some of them but that objection was overruled
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 2h2 hours ago
Autopsy photos are coming. Jury not looking too excited about this.
Molly OakVerified account @MollyAndAMic 2h2 hours ago
Haruka's father is not in the courtroom. It sounds like they are about to show the photos from the autopsy. State says photos depict how the body looked when it was brought into the office and after it had been cleaned.
Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca13 1h1 hour ago
We're now looking at graphic autopsy photos. These first few photos are similar to the photos shown to the jury on the first day of testimony. Multiple members of the jury seem to be upset by these photos, which is not surprising.
Alyssa Goard @AlyssaMGoard 1h1 hour ago
Courtroom is being shown some graphic, upsetting images of Weiser as the medical examiner’s office received her. She has extensive bruising on her body, lacerations to her head, and the ligature she was strangled with still wrapped tightly around her neck
Alyssa Goard @AlyssaMGoard 1h1 hour ago
The nylon strap is pulled into a slip knot or lasso, Crowns says. More photos of the knot on Weiser’s neck show it was VERY tight
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 1h1 hour ago
There's no real value in tweeting details of what's shown on the autopsy photos. It's terrible stuff. Weiser was beaten badly in the head, eyes, lips. And then of course the ligature wrapped tightly around her neck.
Molly OakVerified account @MollyAndAMic 1h1 hour ago
The images are extremely graphic and upsetting. Crowns is pointing out different injuries. I will NOT be tweeting details of the photos--I don't see any value to that. She was beaten badly, especially in the head, eyes, and lips. The ligature is wrapped tightly around her neck.
Alyssa Goard @AlyssaMGoard 1h1 hour ago
Observers in courtroom are crying watching these photos of Weiser’s body
Molly OakVerified account @MollyAndAMic 1h1 hour ago
People have started crying in the courtroom viewing the images. Crowns shows images that he says are evidence of sexual assault.
Megan Menchaca @meganmenchaca13 1h1 hour ago
We're done, I hope, with viewing the autopsy photos. The medical examiner just explained that the sexual assault mentioned in the indictment likely occurred before death.
Alyssa Goard @AlyssaMGoard 1h1 hour ago
Crowns found Weiser’s cause of death to be strangulation with blunt force injuries to the head. There’s a lot to take in here, taking notes and will Tweet more soon
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 1h1 hour ago
Laceration on ring finger showed no bleeding, meaning it came after Weiser was already dead. Theory from investigators is assailant tried to steal her ring.
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 1h1 hour ago
Crowns says Weiser was probably unconscious in 10 to 15 seconds upon the application of the ligature and dead within three to five minutes. Sexual assault occurred while she was still alive.
Molly OakVerified account @MollyAndAMic 1h1 hour ago
Crowns says the injuries show that Weiser was still alive when she was sexually assaulted. He says she died from strangulation with blunt force injuries to the head.
Molly OakVerified account @MollyAndAMic 1h1 hour ago
Crowns says there was no real scratching or tearing around the neck. This lines up w/what Det. Tyne said when he said there was no evidence that she could fight for her life. Tyne said he guessed the ligature either rendered her in her attacker's control or made her unconscious.
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 1h1 hour ago
Haruka Weiser was 5 feet, 125 pounds, Crowns said.. Criner, accused of her violent death, is 6 feet and - I'm guessing here - 170 to 180 pounds.
Ryan Autullo @AutulloAAS 58m58 minutes ago
Weiser's cause of death: Strangulation with blunt force injuries to the head.
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