[AMURPHY]

From the coroners report - PULASKI COUNTY CORONER, 201 S. BROADWAY STE. 340, LITTLE ROCK, AR. 72201 – Case Number: 94-697-GC stated that the gun was an AMT 380 CAL. SEMI-AUTO Handgun was on the floor by the couch. A 380 CAL. Cartridge Casing was found in the Ashtray on a table at the end of the couch to the decedent’s right. NOT STANDING STRAIGHT UP to respond to ---MonroeDNA ---- but it does make a more interesting story – doesn’t it? You will also find in the report from the ARKANSAS STATE CRIME LABORATORY Medical Examiner Division - #3 Natural Resources Drive, PO Box 5274, Little Rock, Arkansas 72215 (501) 227-5747. Case Number: ME-371-94; states that a .380 caliber automatic pistol with one spent cartridge and four live rounds belonging to the boyfriend was recovered at the scene.

[harpseal]

That answers that question. i really do dislike it when reports on firearms icidents are inaccurateto the point of being misleading. Since a .380 cal semi auto like teh one found does ejected fired casings and such a casing could have landed in ashtray there is nothing per se incosistent with suicide from the limited data given.