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****WARNING VERY GRAPHIC****
A hair mat as described in a forensic report is not as we define hair mats in our everyday life. We describe it to say for example hair that is matted together and must be brushed out (ex: persian cats get this a lot as do other long haired pets and humans if our hair isn't brushed or combed on a regular basis).
A hair mat in forensic reports, many times, refers to the hair that is found after the scalp has shrunk and slipped from the skull after death. It tends to be a quite large (comparative to a hair mat on a living being) and a great many I have seen appear to be most of the scalp hair. Just relating what I've seen in prior forensic photos.
The hair mat being discussed as belonging to Caylee falls into the description of my second paragraph.
It is a graphic photo and it the site of the picture can't be linked here without me violating WS terms.
It is available on the internet though and can be found through searches. As are most of the other photos that were entered into evidence that do not violate the rulings in this case by the judge. I haven't accessed a website that deliberately violates the rulings of the judge. But that's just me.
I hope that helps someone to understand because at the beginning I was assuming that a hair mat was the same as a hair mat you might find on a living being.
All JMHO
http://www.autopsyfiles.org/reports/Other/anthony, caylee_report.pdf
Page 5 of 36. Mid way down the page the report speaks about the hair mat.
A hair mat as described in a forensic report is not as we define hair mats in our everyday life. We describe it to say for example hair that is matted together and must be brushed out (ex: persian cats get this a lot as do other long haired pets and humans if our hair isn't brushed or combed on a regular basis).
A hair mat in forensic reports, many times, refers to the hair that is found after the scalp has shrunk and slipped from the skull after death. It tends to be a quite large (comparative to a hair mat on a living being) and a great many I have seen appear to be most of the scalp hair. Just relating what I've seen in prior forensic photos.
The hair mat being discussed as belonging to Caylee falls into the description of my second paragraph.
It is a graphic photo and it the site of the picture can't be linked here without me violating WS terms.
It is available on the internet though and can be found through searches. As are most of the other photos that were entered into evidence that do not violate the rulings in this case by the judge. I haven't accessed a website that deliberately violates the rulings of the judge. But that's just me.
I hope that helps someone to understand because at the beginning I was assuming that a hair mat was the same as a hair mat you might find on a living being.
All JMHO
http://www.autopsyfiles.org/reports/Other/anthony, caylee_report.pdf
Page 5 of 36. Mid way down the page the report speaks about the hair mat.