[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The one piece of evidence that is really telling has not been mentioned. Zimmerman fired his gun at less than 18” from Martin. But what was the angle of the bullet through Martin’s clothing and body?

This is such a standard bit of forensics that it is often shown on crime drama TV shows, and with dowels in mannequins in courtrooms.

“Martin was straddling Zimmerman’s chest while punching him MMA style.” Then Martin saw Zimmerman’s gun in his waistband and they both went for it. Zimmerman got the gun and fired.

That has got to produce a very distinct and unusual bullet path that would be very hard to reproduce otherwise.

My guess is that the bullet entered below Martin’s sternum and came out his back between his shoulder blades or even higher. Extremely hard to reproduce in any other scenario.

[hoosiermama]

The bullet did not exit the body. Went through the heart...Makes me wonder it the angle was from waist up to shoulder....traveling length of trunk of body instead of through the body.

Any way to find out if TM has training in the Martial Arts. Know a young man convicted of manslaughter because of that training...his hands were considered a weapon.

[taxcontrol]

The coroners report did not show an exit wound. Considering the bullet path is likely to be in the range of 12 to 16 inches, I would expect to see an upward trajectory or a highly fragmented bullet.

But bullet angles can do all kinds of crazy things. Esp if it hits a bone / rib.

[meatloaf]

From the autopsy report, it read like the bullet wound was straight through front to back. Zimmerman’s shot went through Martin left of the sternum and either hit or nicked the heart and somehow collapsed the lungs.

When Martin was “Trayvoned,” he died a quick death. It was a good hit which was important because the KelTec didn’t chamber another round.

[octex]

My guess is that the bullet entered below Martin’s sternum and came out his back between his shoulder blades or even higher.
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Autopsy report indicated bullet was straight into heart and did not exit the body.

[Cboldt]

-- Zimmerman fired his gun at less than 18" from Martin. But what was the angle of the bullet through Martin's clothing and body? --

Forensic analysis of Martin's outerwear has the shot a contact shot, short distance between the muzzle of the gun an the clothing. That is, as you say, less than 18 inches, but I would say that it is at least 15 inches less than 18 inches.

The path of the bullet was straight front-to-back. There is no exit wound, the bullet and a couple bullet fragments were removed from Martin's body.