New Details Emerge About Condition of Laci's Body (WARNING: GRAPHIC)

Fox News ^ | 5-23-03 | Fox News

[cgk]

Fox News has obtained exclusive new details about the condition of the body of

[cgk]

Geraldo broke on FNC just a bit ago.

[yonif]

When he was apprehended close to the Mexican border, Scott was carrying a large sum of cash and his brother's passport. He had dyed his hair blond and grown a beard.

He did it.

[finnman69]

this does not sound like what you would do if you just wanted your wife to disappear.

[FourtySeven]

Yeah, ok......well anyway, this report is kind of confusing: Is the baby's body present too, or is it now being suggested that it was delievered, and then she was killed?

Does anyone know?

[duckman]

'...said the source, who asked not to be identified.'
I don't know about everyone else; but I am fed up with these unidentified sources.

[Puppage]

He did it.

So did OJ.

Let's hope this doesn't go THAT way. I for one don't want my round of golf heldup because of their pathetic searches.

[cgk]

Without anonymous sources, Breathless Rita Cosby might be out of a job.

[Fitzcarraldo]

Could the props on an oil tanker do this kind of damage?

[asneditor]

Geraldo did it

[LuLuLuLu]

Everything that I've read indicates that the baby was delivered "naturally" post mortem. Somewhere here on FR is a thread that describes something called coffin birth; I'm no expert, but the article indicated that the natural gasses that build up create enough pressure for the baby to be expelled through the birth canal.

[cgk]

Forensic experts have theorized that due to the condition of Connor's body compared to Laci's - he was in MUCH better condition, he remained in her womb when she was killed and was eventually expelled naturally by gases that built up during decomposition, commonly referred to in their world as a "coffin birth."

[cgk]

Jinx to post #15. ;)

[oceanview]

where would you like them to search? the problem here is that the condition of the body implies that there should be a location that should have a huge amount of forensic evidence, blood, etc. where is it? it does not appear to be the house, the pickup, the boat, his place of business. so where did it happen? don't get me wrong, I am not defending this guy, but this is a key question for this case.

[cgk]

Coffin Birth Explained

It has been a quarter century since the term ‘coffin birth’ or ‘sarg geburt’ appeared in the medical literature. This old phrase was used to describe an unusual grim parody of one of life’s greatest moments. It happens when a pregnant woman spontaneously delivers her child after her own death. The gas that builds up in her decomposing body can build up enough pressure to propel the baby through the birth canal. This odd occurrence has taken place throughout history, albeit rarely. Scientists have even found paleopathologic evidence of a case of coffin birth in Europe of the dim past, before recorded history. Today, modern embalming customs have made coffin birth so rare as to longer be described in typical medical textbooks.

Coffin birth made news headlines again in 2003 when the body of an infant boy washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay, followed by the body of an adult woman. Perhaps there was not enough of the woman’s body intact to hold the baby inside. Alternatively, the chief medical examiner of San Francisco offered coffin birth as one explanation of how the baby could have become separated from his pregnant dead mother. This would have been a tragic, un-witnessed drama in the cold, silent, lonely depths of the Bay – a sharp contrast to the joy and celebration a birth should bring.

[Ten Megaton Solution]

A near term pregnant corpse will rot, and gas pressure can build up in the uterus, eventually popping the dead fetus out of the birth canal like a cork from a champagne bottle.

At least that's how some talking head on Fox described it.

[Abe Froman]

They found the baby washed up on the shore a ways from Laci's body, if that's what you are asking.

[FourtySeven]

Interesting, if not greusome....thanks.

[FourtySeven]

ugh.......I think I've spoiled lunch for a week now..........hehe

Yes, thank you Abe, that's what I was asking. Of course, I probably would've asked how it was "delivered" anyway, so, looks like I was destined to get the graphic details anyway. ;)

[Howlin]

But Fox News' source disagrees

That would be Mark Geragos.

[Blood of Tyrants]

If the limbs were cut off at the joints, there would most likely be marks where the knife went through the cartilage and cut ends of the bone.