BlueCrab said:
UKGuy,
Fabric compression abrasions? That's interesting.
As you likely know, when erotic asphyxiation is being used in sex, the cord ligature around the neck (if cord is being used) is almost always padded for comfort and to prevent telltale circumferential abrasions being created on the neck.
Typical padding would include such things as a towel, or a scarf, or any article of clothing.
BlueCrab
BlueCrab,
Sure I agree, this is why, with some exceptions, your BDI is mainly consistent with the forensic evidence.
Those markings on the front of her neck would have been recognized by Coroner Meyer as fabric compression abrasions, they are most prevalent in asphyxiation where the victim is held by the collar or some other garment.
These markings have always made me suspect JonBenet was manually strangled, but as ever its open to amendment.
Also I think the Autopsy Report was released with a minimal amount of information, with possibly some redactions, although its conclusions may be sound, you can see something is missing.
I seriously doubt JonBenet was ever asphyxiated by
Ligature strangulation as suggested in the Autopsy Report, I reckon Coroner Meyer was playing the staging game?
Also from Steve Thomas' book
Inside The Ramsey Murder Investigation
Where he relates Detective Harmer presenting an anatomy lesson on vaginas ...
Harmer cites the experts who said there was evidence of 'chronic sexual abuse,' although the detectives referred to it only as 'prior vaginal trauma'
... Followed by ...
Then we presented information on the paintbrush, the handle for the garrote, the paint tray, and the matching paint on the handle and the broken brush. The splinter in the vagina had caused a disagreement among the examiners. Some examiners said it had been in the vagina as long as a week, but detectives sided with Dr Spitz's conclusion that it was inserted about the same time of death as part of the staging.
So Steve Thomas reckons it is a
splinter of wood, that is was
in the vagina and that it had been
inserted.
Now we can all assume that the recovered parts of the paintbrush handle would have been forensically examined, of this there is no record in his book.
If any of the recovered parts had been inserted inside JonBenet then some residue would have been left on the part, including possibly some blood? Again of this no mention.
So how does Steve Thomas know the
splinter was
inserted, and was not the result of an accidental transfer either during a sexual assault, or from a
digital penetration which Coroner Meyer opines took place?
So from where does Steve Thomas acquire enough knowledge to assert
splinter,
inserted, and
in the vagina ?
Was the missing piece of paintbrush handle recovered from inside JonBenet, and this detail was later redacted from the Autopsy Report?
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