With them waiting on the toxicology report to help determine cause of death, does that mean that there were no visible signs of trauma?
I imagine it would be very difficult to tell on a corpse 4-6 weeks decomposed, even in cold weather. If she was strangled with bare hands, for example, it would be next to impossible to determine that unless there were fractures to her neck bones - bruising, cuts or defensive wounds are hard to determine after even just 3 weeks, as well as rape or sexual trauma (barring any DNA evidence).
To my knowledge, they can still determine some forms of trauma such as fractures not from old injuries, broken finger nails, some kinds of abrasions or stab wounds that have a specific shape or striation compared to natural bursting (sorry for being graphic!!), gun shot wounds, etc.We can probably safely assume she wasn't shot or stabbed.
I truly hope the prosecution is satisfied with the physical evidence. I am shocked she was cremated.
I saw the request upthread for a comparison on what WH said happened vs fact. I had started on that awhile back and never went back to it because I honestly don't think it is useful at this point beyond satisfying curiosity. The only facts we have are:
AJ rewteeted around 10:30PM Mar 1.
Her sister saw her at 7AM Mar 2 when she left for school.
AJ was not at the house at 2:30 when her sister returned from school. Her wallet and truck were still at the house, but a small bag/sling pack was missing.
She sent a text message to AJ and AJ's phone replied with "with friends (thumbsup)"
AJ's phone sent a text message to her mother (JH) between 4:30AM and 5:30AM Mar 3." I'm OK, just not ready to come home yet"
Friends are already concerned and looking for AJ 3:15pm on Mar 3 (see Twitter)
AJ is reported missing by JH on Mar 3 at 9:15PM
Pieces of her debit card were found on Mar 5/6.
WH broke into CF's house (reported Mar 6th), punched his dog, and allegedly planted AJ's Longwood jacket in CF's bedroom closet. **We do not have confirmation from police that they have this jacket.**
Clothes that may be AJ's were found by WH in Chesapeake and police conducted a search on Mar. 19. He was arrested the next day and charged with 6 felonies and a misdemeanor.
Police searched a pond in IoW and asked neighbors about WH's work van, which they did claim to have seen in the area.
AJ's remains were found in Franklin on April 9.
WH was working in Franklin the week AJ went missing.
Not a single other thing WH has said has been verified by LE to VIs or the public.
If you are new to the case, I recommend you not focus too much on the detail in what WH says, but instead focus on his body language and the statements in the transcriptions, especially if you are just looking for justification on why we think he is a liar.
The one true thing he has said, for certain:
"things happened that I couldn't control"