[cherry]

she had neck wounds from a ligature but IRRC, she actually died from a fractured skull,

[r9etb]

she had neck wounds from a ligature but IRRC, she actually died from a fractured skull,

My specific comment, though, has to do with the fact that he claims to have drugged her, although the autopsy showed otherwise.

It suggests that he made up at least part of his story. I'm also going to go out on a limb and predict that his DNA will end up not matching: the DNA story is not sourced, and the timeline between arrest and "positive match" sounds suspiciously short.

[stm]

There was a show on Court TV a week or so ago on this case. The ME determined that the ligature marks were post-mortem and were done to cover up or confuse the real cause of death, which was blunt force trauma.

[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

[hoosiermama]

Last night "the four experts" on Fox said she died of strangulation. The head injury occured when she was dying or near death. Very little blood.

[MAWG]

" .. She actually died from a fractured skull."

Wrong. Autopsy states death was caused by ligature strangulation. Fractured skull was post mortem and not even discovered until they removed the skull cap during autopsy. Because she was already dead when her skull was fractured, her heart had stopped beating and there was no bleeding from the massive fracture.