[SteveH]

A quick question, if RB's wound is from a .45 gunshot at close range, then is there any sign of stippling at the entrance, and if not, why not? Also, if it's a .45, should there not also be an exit wound as well (unlike, for example, a .22LR which typically bounces around after entering the skull, or so I have read)?

[maine-iac7]

should there not also be an exit wound as well

thru his toes maybe? - The hole was in the TOP of his head - could travel a long way before finding and exit opportunity - someone wanting to hide a bullet wound would avoid an obvious exit wound - and the wound already in the top of his head made it neatly possible