to right. slashed the lung and pierced the ascending aorta. gunshot wound 10 was on the right side of williams chest. less than an inch from the midline. the bullet that caused it had a downward trajectory came from left to the right. and went through the sac around the heart and ripped the superior serena cava the major vein that drains blood from the heart. wound 11 is lower on williams chest and on the left side. about two inches from the center of her body. and was caused by a bullet coming down and also from left to right. this bullet went through the
an unknown fact based upon known facts combined with the experts knowledge gained if education, training and experience. and expert s opinions can be the difference between finding something beyond a reasonable doubt and not. they should be examined carefully. having considered dr. fila s opinion, i believe he s either wrong about the time from the chest injuries until death. or he s wrong that wound 1 to the head was post-mortem. on the one hand his estimate of the time from the chest injuries to death is based on years of experience and a rough mathematical calculation about the amount of blood pumped per beat of williams heart. on the other hand his opinion that the head wound was nonhemorrhagic and thus must have occurred after williams lost pulsation, is based on his
there is no evidence that brelo ever shot his gun toward the malibu from its passenger side. wound 15-b is a penetrating wound to russell s left upper chest. the bullet that caused this wound came in from russell s left and went right front to back. where it entered the heart and would have killed russell within anywhere from several seconds to a minute. wound 15-c is a penetrating wound to russell s left i m sorry, right upper chest. about three inches from 15-b. but on the other side of midline. like 15-b the bullet that caused 15-c hit russell s heart
the back toward the front of russell s body. wound 1 was immediately incapacitating to russell so that he could not move and by itself would have killed him within minutes. wound two was another penetrating wound to russell s head on the side. entering two inches to the right of midline, just above the right ear. and injuring the brain stem which controls respiration and heart rate. dr. weems testified that this bullet caused a nearly immediate death. like wound 1, the path of this bullet was down from russell s right to his left. in that basic direction. and from back to front. russell incurred the head wounds indeed all of his wounds while sitting on the driver s side of the malibu s front bench seat.
have caused russell s death. dr. felo did the autopsy of melissa williams. he identified 24 gunshot wounds six of which taken in isolation were fatal. wound 8 was caused by a bullet that entered just under the collar bone. about two inches to the right of midline and into the lung. that wound has a trajectory straight in. and from left, her left to right. the projectile that made wound 9 entered williams chest on a downward trajectory went left