The HSCA did have the addition of x-rays and photographs. Unfortunately, there were irregularities in the x-rays. The film invoices had been altered and the plates did not always match the invoice. Could have been a clerical error. Problem is - the autopsy already had been initiated before the photographs (as recorded in the FBI and Secret Service records) and x-rays were taken after the autopsy because Kennedy's skull was "falling apart" according to Humes. I have to question that. What value would this have after proceedures were begun?
Also, did you read Humes' testimony for the HSCA? If so, did you notice anything odd? Just wondering - not being provocative.
I would ask you to consider The Head Wound and Dealy Plaza Earwitnessess.
I never gave much weight to 'earwitnesses.' Witnesses are good for generalities but notorious for being erratic on details. Courts don't give much weight to them either - physical evidence trumps.
The head wound is different. Best Evidence gives a straightforward account debunking many conspiracy theorists and chronicling the later interviews, some done by the author. Sometimes the stories change. Why? Well, conspiracy theorists and anti-conspiracy theorists have fun with that one. I tend to favor the immediate after the incident reports. Most protocols require that medical reporting be filled out immediately after any incident or intervention because studies have shown that details can intermix after time (bad news should litigation arise).
Now, debunkers like to claim vagarities in occipital or temporal. They are quite specific. It's why the terms exist. Their descriptions have always sounded to me that the primary wound was in the right occipital bone extending to the occipital-temporal suture and probably damaged the posterior portion of the temporal. I have trouble thinking that any physician would have trouble distinguishing the cerebellum. It is very distinct tissue. Now, I don't have much of a problem with possibility that the cavitation of the bullet could have forced cerebellar tissue up to protrude from the wound. I do have a problem with an occipital wound moving forward into the temporal and enlarging as it did for Humes, twice.
Here is the Warren Commission explanation
Your link seems to agree with my point. It was irregular for the body to be removed from the jurisdiction of the crime scene's coroner.
According to Humes's testimony to the HSCA, the autopsy doctors did not catalog the photos and x-ray until almost 3 years later. That could explain the discrepancy's.
Problem is - the autopsy already had been initiated before the photographs (as recorded in the FBI and Secret Service records) and x-rays were taken after the autopsy because Kennedy's skull was "falling apart" according to Humes. I have to question that. What value would this have after proceedures were begun?
Humes testified that the photos and X-rays were taken before the autopsy examination. There is a major discrepancy here, but regardless, unless parts of the skull were physically altered (no evidence of that other than sheer speculation), I find it difficult to believe that the x-rays would still not provide sufficient evidence to determine the location of a bullet entrance hole. And another besides---if the discrepancies are not the result of incompetence, you are postulating a massive alteration of evidence that is not technically possible. And, if I'm not mistaken, all these discrepancies were known to the HSCA forensic panel prior to making their conclusion (that Kennedy was shot from behind).
Also, did you read Humes' testimony for the HSCA? If so, did you notice anything odd? Just wondering - not being provocative.
The reference to 1965 instead of 1963? The delay before preparing the autopsy report? You're more qualified to spot discrepancies in this field than I am, for sure.
It was irregular for the body to be removed from the jurisdiction of the crime scene's coroner.
Yes, it was irregular, but are you pointing to it as evidence of conspiracy to alter evidence of a head shot from the front? From all accounts, it appears that Jackie Kennedy was the driving force in having JFK's body flown to Maryland. If she hadn't insisted that she goes nowhere without the body, it may very well have been left in Dallas. Not a very convenient fact for conspiracy theorists.
Do you think Dr. Humes is a knowing participant in a conspiracy to hide the truth about the assassination?