"But, JonBenet had petechial hemorrhaging on her eyelids (inside and out), on her cheek, around the ligature, and in her lungs. That means she died of strangulation. Those are telltale, classic signs of asphyxiation."
Okay, got that. In my previous posts I had noted that there were other causes of petechial hemorrhage; one of which was craniocerebral trauma. Given that fact, I wasn't convinced (and still am not) WHICH event was causing all the petechial hemorrhage. If fact, I've suggested before, it seems to actually confuse the issue considerably. It could have been a mixture of causes. So, that was why I suggested that the petechial hemorrhage does not necessarily imply strangulation as the presenting cause of death.
I think it was Ste66 who posted that, to confuse the issue more, manual strangulation, asphyxiation and strangulation by ligature all can produce different results. That's another angle worthy of inquiry.
In the end, you may be right. I'm just asking what I hope are the right questions.
Didn't see this last post.
It's my understanding that the classic lung/pancreas findings would not be caused by a traumatic head injury.
And we can't forget the petechial hemorrhaging at the site of the ligature. She was most definately alive when she was being strangled.
I think the reason people want the head injury to happen right about the same time that she was strangled is because it otherwise doesn't make sense why the injury would happen after she died. What would be the point, right?
But if her head was accidentally whacked on the way through the basement and up the stairs when her body was found then that would make sense.
If anyone can find an autopsy report of someone who was strangled to death, please look at the portion of the report that discusses the brain. See what it says.
If anyone can find an autopsy report on someone who had a closed head injury then see what it says about the lungs and pancreas, and any petechial hemorrhaging.
That would go a long way in understanding what happened to JonBenet.