While it is quite possible that she had some type of a closed head injury....the swollen eye, a bloody nose and bruises would not be alone indicative of a cause of death. When someone is simply "passed out" from alcohol, they can be at least partially roused as opposed to someone who is completely unresponsive from an alcohol poisoning situation. It just appears from their assumption initially, that the room mates must have KNOWN that she was quite intoxicated earlier in the evening. None of that would excuse a beating of any kind, of course, but until a cause of death has been determined, there is no proof of murder....assault for sure, attempted murder, maybe. Anyway, my original post was basically a question....has the ME yet released a COD??? Actually, the fact that the eye was swollen means that she was alive for a period of time AFTER she was hit, as does the bruising.
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It was also reported that the blood was found on her pillow. So what exactly does it prove if she were alive for a period after she was hit? With a head injury someone can be alive for a period after the injury and then die.
Could be hours after the injury.
And I disagree that her roommates "must have known she was quite intoxicated."
If they found her unresponsive they could have assumed it was because she were drunk without knowing anything of the sort.