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In reply to the discussion: NEW WITNESS CONFIRMS TRAYVON MARTIN WAS THE VICTIM [View all]pnwmom
(109,393 posts)17. The description was very confusing. I hope this person has put this into a clearer deposition
arranged by Martin's parents' lawyer.
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the quote is near the beginning of the article (sorry, mistakenly put end earlier)
magical thyme
Mar 2012
#11
We have not seen the coroner's report, unless it was released today and I missed it.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#95
and funeral spokesman said he didn't know if chest wound was entrance or exit
magical thyme
Mar 2012
#28
9mm full metal jackets at that range would likely go through if no bone was hit.
geckosfeet
Mar 2012
#51
correct me...but didn't he also say that he couldn't determine if entry or exit wound?
Dan
Mar 2012
#55
If you listen to the 911 calls, the flashlights were well after the shooting.
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#69
The 911 callers we've heard so far saw the flashlights later, but that doesn't mean
yardwork
Mar 2012
#94
Listen to the calls. Each caller reports the same thing. Time passes. minutes. then they see a flash
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#100
The police took the body away that night and didn't release it to his family until post autopsy.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#10
I may not have been clear. The funeral director implied that there were wounds on the front and back
yardwork
Mar 2012
#31
Have you ever seen an autopsy? I have and it isn't pretty. After a shooting like this it would be
uppityperson
Mar 2012
#40
Some funeral directors/morticians can tell more than others, but their training and focus is
uppityperson
Mar 2012
#44
because the body was cut in autopsy, so he couldn't tell what kind of wound it was.
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#71
Right, that's how I interpreted what he said, too. He would have known the direction
pnwmom
Mar 2012
#66
the funeral director said the autopsy was right on top of the wound, so he couldn't tell.
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#70
I know. The funeral director is not an expert on this, and the autopsy causes a lot of damage.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#29
the autopsy should have determined which wound was entrance and which exit
magical thyme
Mar 2012
#14
It should be fairly obvious from the entry/exit wounds whether Trayvon was
TrollBuster9090
Mar 2012
#15
The coroner does. I had an uncle who was a coroner in (big city). He was rather odd, had interesting
uppityperson
Mar 2012
#42
That's not correct, unless you have seen a different news report than I have seen.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#97
We do know Trayvon was face down when the police arrived. (At least the police report says so.)
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#72
The description was very confusing. I hope this person has put this into a clearer deposition
pnwmom
Mar 2012
#17
This "witness" basically didn't see anything, and this headlines is way over-hyped nt.
naaman fletcher
Mar 2012
#82
the killer's father is claiming Trayvon attacked Zimmerman, making Zimmerman the victim
magical thyme
Mar 2012
#30
The witness saw somebody get up off the body. Since Martin is dead, the person who got up
yardwork
Mar 2012
#98
Zimmerman's story is that Trayvon was on top of hi beating him. the witness saw Trayvon under him be
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#74
The police report also describes Trayvon dead on the ground face down wiht his hands under his body.
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#67
If he was on top of Zimmerman, he would fall on top of Zimmerman. There would be blood on Zimmerman.
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#90
definitely not. if you are on your back, and someone on top of you attacking you, and you shoot
robinlynne
Mar 2012
#92