[spectre]

From the autopsy report:

Toxicologic Studies

blood ethanol - none detected
blood drug screen - no drugs detected

CLINOCOPATHOLIGICAL CORRELATION:

Cause of death of this six year old female is asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma.

John E. Meyer M.D. Pathologist jn/12/27/96

[stm]

There is considerable debate from forensic pathologists as to which trauma occurred first, the strangulation or the BFT. To me at least the evidence seems to point to the strangulation first and BFT second since there was not a lot of subdural bleeding from a rather extensive (7-8") lateral crack in her skull with a small displaced fragment. In the big scheme of things, however, dead is still dead and murder is still murder.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Toxicologic Studies

blood ethanol - none detected

blood drug screen - no drugs detected

CLINOCOPATHOLIGICAL CORRELATION:

Cause of death of this six year old female is asphyxia by strangulation associated with craniocerebral trauma.

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His skinny neck (skinnier than earlier pictures) seem to suggest he also practices self-asphyxiation)

[Rte66]

Thanks for posting that - now that I'm getting towards the bottom of the thread from where I started, everyone's finally posting the rebuttals that I've been going through and painstakingly trying to answer, too.

Perhaps my job is done here, lol.