About those Zimmerman photos--

[SamG]

14. Now THAT would be absurd, but possible.

Police procedure requires a thorough documentation of the crime scene, including pictures of the body before it is moved, immediately AFTER it is attended-to by EMT's who determine the absence of pulse or respiration, and cease their work on the body. Sometimes, an EMT will actually have a camera, to photograph the face, in the case of no ID.

Pictures of the body at autopsy should number in the dozens. There will also be autopsy chest xrays, to locate a projectile(s), bullet(s), arrow(s), broken chest bones, etc., prior to the autopsy commencing. The medical examiner will not be told much about the circumstances causing death, other than suspected gunshot wound. One gunshot or more? Up to the M E to determine. Strangulation? Up to the M E to determine. Other bodily injuries, (broken arm leg, skull, etc.)? Up to the M.E. .to find at autopsy. Often (sometimes) a corpse will show multiple causes of death, more than one bullet, strangulation and broken skull, or any number of lovely combinations.