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"This is what initially caught my eye and eventually led me to the theory that her skull was cracked well after she was dead."

I don't think most people would read it that way. That she was dead when she was struck b/c there is no organization is a non-sequitir - one doesn't follow from the other.

It takes time for blood to clot. So, on the contrary this is actually supporting what I've suspected and that was how I read it; that is, she died within seconds or minutes of the head trauma. That's why there was such a small bleed that didn't have time to clot.

In the quote you said it yourself; the coroner is saying that the blood is the result of hemorrhage. He doesn't open the wound and say, "wow, livor mortis". He just mentions the hemorrhage. But he does do that everywhere else he sees livor mortis. I think you're reading livor mortis INTO the autopsy. He never said that. A forensic pathologists can readily recognize the difference between livor mortis and unclotted, internal bleeding.

Also note that there wouldn't be any blood in the BBB if her heart weren't beating when the insult was received...

"Fresh meaning recent? Not sure, but combined with "no evidence of organization: (clotting), that tells me that she was dead when it happened."

If that were the case I would think it would be a bombshell and the Ramseys would have played it to the hilt. I don't think that's what he meant. He just meant that it hadn't had time to clot before she died. Also note his reference to the gyri. That is yet another indication that she died quickly after, and necessarily AFTER, the head blow as he notes the very beginnings of brain swelling. That's KEY.

"Looking through the rest of his comments on her brain he says, "No inflammation is identified." Now, I'll readily admit that I don't know all there is to know about hemorrhaging. I'm hoping that someone can come up with something medically that could refute my theory. So far that hasn't happened. But, what I've pointed out is what leads me to think that her skull fracture happened long after she was dead. Believe me, I'm still searching for medical info to support or refute the idea. If you or anyone can come up with something then that would be really helpful."

Well, I don't know any other way to put it other than you've introduced a non-sequitir into your theory and lack of clotting merely reinforces the view that the head trauma is what actually killed her. She died BEFORE it had time to clot but AFTER it was able to bleed. That is in fact the most powerful evidence that the head trauma was the presenting cause of death; notwithstanding Meyer's attempt to sidestep this question.

Unless I've completely misunderstood you, and with all constructive respect, right now it sounds like you're getting drawn down a bunny trail.