On discovery of the body of the inmate, the police launched investigations into the death. Part of the investigations included taking photographs of the body in the position it was discovered in.
the bone that you see there in the middle that has a fracture on the left. and with the horn in the back. and beneath it, the adam s app apple, two fractures and that bone. that is an awful lot of force that does not happen in hangings, suicidal hanging cases. but it can happen with forceful compression of the neck and emmanuel manual strangulatios what looks like, the autopsy shows looks like happen here. because of the deep marks that the ligature headed, it was not just from hanging. and for that reason, the medical
and maybe another fracture or two, that would be consistent with that behavior? yes. if he were on the top bunk and he hurled himself, he jumped off, that is, i understand, five and a half feet high. you have his increased height from the waist to head. so you got seven feet or so, roughly. that drop could lead to those kind of fractures. so, ii agree. and i want to make that clear, that i cannot express an opinion with reasonable medical certainty.ni i can only repeat what i have said, based upon the cases i have myself examined. hundreds of cases over the years, in my 20,000-plus autopsies. 40,000 other cases that i have reviewed, supervised, or signed off on, that i have not seen multiple fractures on single simple, leaning-into suicidal
hyoid fracture and another fracture or two, that would be consistent with the behavior? yes. if he were on the top bunk and he hurled himself, he jumped off, that is i understand five and a half feet high. you have his increased height from the waist to head. so you have seven feet or so roughly. that drop could lead to those kind of fractures. so, i agree. and i want to make that clear, i cannot express an opinion with reasonable medical certainty. i can only repeat what i have said based upon the cases i have myself examined. hundreds of cases over the years in my 20,000-plus autopsies. 40,000 other cases that i have reviewed, supervisorred or signed off on i supervised or signed off on, that i have not seen multiple fractures on single leaning into suicidal
hyoid fracture and another fracture or two, that would be consistent with the behavior? yes. if he were on the top bunk and he hurled himself, he jumped off, that is i understand five and a half feet high. you have his increased height from the waist to head. so you have seven feet or so roughly. that drop could lead to those kind of fractures. so, i agree. and i want to make that clear, i cannot express an opinion with reasonable medical certainty. i can only repeat what i have said based upon the cases i have myself examined. hundreds of cases over the years in my 20,000-plus autopsies. 40,000 other cases that i have reviewed, supervisorred or signed off on i supervised or signed off on, that i have not seen multiple fractures on single leaning into suicidal