GUILTY NC - Kathy Taft, 62, Raleigh, 6 March 2010 - #5

[Prancy]

WTVD will air an interview with DH at 6 pm where she explains why she didn't hear anything. The 5 pm report states 3 blows to the head and that KT had ragged nails indicating she struggled with the attacker.
"extensive cosmetic surgery" to quote ed crump.

now rumored to include breast augmentation.

I guess these are the interviews that were done before JW's arrest. This will be interesting.

 

[sloothseeker]

I guess these are the interviews that were done before JW's arrest. This will be interesting.

you are probably right. I had assume it was from today but that's just good marketing. I'll watch and see.

 

[sloothseeker]

DH said she never left the house but took medicine for bad sinus headache that night

I'll post the link when it's available.

 

[Prancy]

DH said she never left the house but took medicine for bad sinus headache that night

I'll post the link when it's available.

Will you please post a link. I was unable to locate it on the WTVD site.

Is it part of the interviews she gave standing out in a yard with her back to the camera? They advertised at the time that she did a series of interviews. I wondered why they have held on to all but the one they played that night.

 

[sloothseeker]

Will you please post a link. I was unable to locate it on the WTVD site.

Is it part of the interviews she gave standing out in a yard with her back to the camera? They advertised at the time that she did a series of interviews. I wondered why they have held on to all but the one they played that night.

still not posted. it was about 5 minutes into the 6 pm broadcast. It did not show DH or her being interviewed but was a written statement - perhaps from the 11 page autopsy report. I'll keep checking.

 

[diphi]

Where is the autopsy report?

ETA: I'm seeing several contradictions in the media stories and our understanding up to this point.

 

[sloothseeker]

here's the WTVD 6:00 pm report, LIke others, where is the autospy report???

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7413663

 

[Topsail Girl]

I want to know the same and also where is JTF??

 

[Noway]

I don't think so. I requested and received one on a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago. It's a matter of public record, so I don't think the family even knows a request has been made for it.

They will email you some of it and then mail you some parts. It only takes about a day or two.

Apparently there was no motion to seal it, because the press have it. I wonder why they have not made it available to the public.

I was thinking more that the family asked the media not to release it.

Thanks to all of you keeping an eye out for it though!

 

[wheaten]

autopsy report link:
http://news14.com/triangle-news-30-...al-examiner-releases-documents-in-taft-murder

 

[Prancy]

autopsy report link:
http://news14.com/triangle-news-30-...al-examiner-releases-documents-in-taft-murder

What are your thoughts?

 

[Prancy]

Why was it reported that she had surgery on her neck?

 

[sloothseeker]

My Thoughts

what a sad, sad ending for such a wonderful person. IMO after reading the autospy - sounds like she fought her attacker due to the injuries on arms and fingernails.
But nothing heard outside of the bedroom?

Also, an arm band with an alias - does that mean from the hospital or from the plastic surgeon's office or some medical jargon I don't understand.

Was the surgery - eyes, face and breasts?

 

[Track292008]

My Thoughts

what a sad, sad ending for such a wonderful person. IMO after reading the autospy - sounds like she fought her attacker due to the injuries on arms and fingernails.
But nothing heard outside of the bedroom?

Also, an arm band with an alias - does that mean from the hospital or from the plastic surgeon's office or some medical jargon I don't understand.

Was the surgery - eyes, face and breasts?

Re: the arm band: I expect that it was attached at the hospital where the surgery was performed and that the alias was intended to ensure her privacy; I have gathered that privacy was very important to her, particularly in the matter of "improvements" to her appearance. JMO.

 

[wheaten]

I expect the arm band was attached at the hospital in Raleigh when she was admitted after the attack -- alias was for her protection.

 

[Prancy]

I think it was also done at Wake Med for her protection. I have a friend who was attacked by a relative and she was at Wake Med under an alias for her protection.

Apparently, the time line in the autopsy does not line up with the 911 tapes. I went back and listened to the tapes. I'm still not clear on where the neck surgery came from.

I know this may sound pretty silly of me, but is the autopsy report saying that she suffered trauma from being raped or attempted rape or that she was hit in that area with an object?

 

[wheaten]

Prancy, I wondered the same thing - it didn't seem clear to me, either. Was she assaulted in that area with the same weapon that was used on her head? Assaulted with a weapon instead of or in addition to being raped?

News14 said that some content had been excluded from the autopsy report they posted. That might clarify the question if it is ever made public.

 

[jmt707]

Why would they check her stomach contents? I mean she lived for (I think) three more days. Wouldn't her digestion have taken care of those things?

 

[sloothseeker]

Why would they check her stomach contents? I mean she lived for (I think) three more days. Wouldn't her digestion have taken care of those things?

Don't know about that but IMO she was brain dead with the 3rd strike to the head, behind the ear.

 

[diphi]

I think it was also done at Wake Med for her protection. I have a friend who was attacked by a relative and she was at Wake Med under an alias for her protection.

Apparently, the time line in the autopsy does not line up with the 911 tapes. I went back and listened to the tapes. I'm still not clear on where the neck surgery came from.

I know this may sound pretty silly of me, but is the autopsy report saying that she suffered trauma from being raped or attempted rape or that she was hit in that area with an object?

I don't think it is silly at all. From the report it seems like they are saying she was hit in that area. But, that is different from saying she was assaulted due to agressive intercourse/rape. It's not clear and I can't help but wonder whether JW's dna was found inside her vaginal cavity or very near it...or...I don't know...

ETA: If the sexual assault was not due to intercourse/rape, then that opens up the possibility that someone other than a man was responsible. I sure hope LE has the dna right...