Dragging this back up from a few days back, because I've noticed something in the autopsy report that I hadn't noticed before.
I'm having questions about this medical examiner.
He states -
"..lying on her back with her arms extended up over her head. The head was turned to the right"
then further on -
"the upper anterior right sleeve contains a dried brown-tan stain measuring 2.5 x 1.5 inches, consistent with mucous from the nose or mouth."
then further on -
"On the right cheek is a pattern of dried saliva and mucous material which does not appear to be hemorrhagic."
Indeed, we can see the dried saliva and mucous non-hemorrhagic 'drip' on her cheek, in the above photo. So he doesn't question the origin of this large brown-tan stain on the upper sleeve of her shirt, which would have been next to her ear, with her head turned towards her right arm, up around her head.
I'm thinking now, if her ear was oozing blood, did the parents see this, is this what made them think the head blow was fatal. Also, was there bleeding from her ear on the red turtleneck, washed out and dried by the time officers collected evidence, getting on for 24 hours later. Is this why she was put back in the white top, so they could say she had been asleep and not changed after she got home. The red top would be a sure sign she had been awake.
Was this ME competent?