[mouser]

the cartrige case was a winchester super x a fairly high speed .22
if it was a solid (as opposed to a hollow point) as long as it did not hit bone it would leave very little residue (lead fragments) in wound chanel
as long as the muzzle of the gun was say 5 feet or further away there would be no powder burns
at least my experience with .22 on small ganme and the yearly cow and pigs we butcher.

[Freedom2specul8]

Thanx a bunch mouser, that helps so much. But what about blood in her room? How do we explain the lack of it if she was shot with a '22?

I recall being taught that the best weapons for 'defense' would not include 22's....because while they could just "bounce around" inside, they wouldn't cause enough damage to stop a big guy..