I am sure the CT showed some damage, but they certainly didn't do one post-humously to compare them, and they never had the chance to visually examine it until she expired.
I am also sure that doctors told the young gunshot patient's parents he had no chance of surviving, let alone recovering fully, and may have showed them the same evidence. No one, no matter how educated, can really know what parts of the brain are required for survival. Some things are just a mystery, regardless of what doctors would like to believe.
Try - my point is this article is very VERY short on facts, especially necessary to draw comparisons. Was the medical evidence the same? Well, this article doesn't say.