[CholeraJoe]

Work on the atomic bomb does not necessarily establish expertise in wound ballistics. I have extensive knowledge about Critical Nuclear Weapons Design and Deployment Information (CNWDDI) I was cleared for that level of security when I was in the USAF.

My opinion of the possibly faked autopsy photos (if they don't have an AFIP Official stamp, they're photoshop fakes) is that a tangential impact occured in the right frontal area and sliced off the right side of his head.

[Wolfstar]

Disappointing. I had hoped that, as a physician, you would look at the autopsy photos clinically. Sigh. Can you not put aside your own opinions for a few minutes and just objectively describe the wounds you see in the autopsy photos? I don't mean what direction you believe the shot to have come from, but the nature of the wounds, themselves. If you are, indeed, a physician, you could add to the knowledge of us all.

[glowworm]

Also the exit wound exploded as a dum dum bullet would cause and not the cleaner hole produced by military ammo as is the "magic bullet"... An accurate physical simulation would also be in the realm of possibility, knowing the weight of his head and calculating a rotation around the neck.. Dynamics is dynamics.. no matter what the material..

[wideminded]

Work on the atomic bomb does not necessarily establish expertise in wound ballistics. I have extensive knowledge about Critical Nuclear Weapons Design and Deployment Information (CNWDDI) I was cleared for that level of security when I was in the USAF.

Alvarez was selected to be involved in the original design of the atomic bomb at Los Alamos because he was a REALLY SMART GUY (and he happened to work for Ernest O. Lawrence). He didn't claim to be an expert on wounds or the fluid dynamics of jetting brain matter, just on physics. BTW you might be interested to know that he originated the idea of using exploding wire arrays to trigger atomic explosions. I posted a link to his report in #110.

[Swordmaker]

So far, the two doctors who have posted on FR on this topic, you and Ophiucus, have come down on the side of frontal wound.

That's two physicians (at least one with extensive experience in gun shot wounds) against a bunch of amatuers. Hmmmmm.

Who to give the greatest weight?

Tough call.