Steely Dan
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This part intrigues me;
External examination: The unembalmed body is that of a 36-year-old well-developed, well-nourished Caucasian female weighing 117 pounds and measuring 65-1/2 inches in length. The scalp is covered with bleached blond hair. The eyes are blue. The fixed lividitv is noted in the face, neck, chest, upper portions of arms and the right side of the abdomen. The faint lividity which disappears upon pressure is noted in the back and posterior aspect of the arms and legs. A slight ecchymotic area is noted in the left hip and left side of lower back. The breast shows no significant lesion. There is a horizontal 3-inch long surgical scar in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. A suprapubic surgical scar measuring 5 inches in length is noted. The conjunctivae are markedly congested; however, no ecehymosis or petechiae are noted. The nose shows no evidence of fracture. The external auditory canals are not remarkable:. No evidence of trauma is noted in the scalp, forehead, cheeks, lips or chin. The neck shows no evidence of trauma. Examination of the hands and nails shows no defects. The lower extremities show no evidence of trauma.
I had to look this up so I figure some people might not know it either;
ecchymotic
Main Entry:
ec·chy·mo·sis Listen to the pronunciation of ecchymosis
Pronunciation:
\ˌe-ki-ˈmō-səs\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural ec·chy·mo·ses Listen to the pronunciation of ecchymoses \-ˌsēz\
Etymology:
New Latin, from Greek ekchymōsis, from ekchymousthai to extravasate blood, from ex- + chymos juice more at chyme
Date:
1541
: the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels
ec·chy·mot·ic Listen to the pronunciation of ecchymotic \-ˈmä-tik\ adjective
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What is Lividity?
Lividity is also useful for this purpose. Lividity is the process through which the body's blood supply will stop moving after the heart has stopped pumping it around the inside of the deceased. What normally happens at this point is that the blood supply - or at least any blood that remains within the corpse depending on the nature of their death - will settle in direct response to gravity. For example an individual found lying on their stomach would be found with all the blood from their back heading towards the ground. Lividity also displays itself as a dark purple discolouration of the body and can also be referred to as Livor Mortis or Post Mortem Hypostasis.
Any part of the body which has come into contact with a firm surface for a period of time - such as a floor or bench top - will show signs of this during lividity as this impression against the skin displays itself as an indentation surrounded by gravity-pulled blood.
It is worth noting that lividity begins to work through the deceased within thirty minutes of their heart stopping and can last up to twelve hours. Only up to the first six hours of death can lividity be altered by moving the body. After the six hour mark lividity is fixed as blood vessels begin to break down within the body.
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A blow from an object may give rise to a combination of injuries, such as a bruise with an abrasion etc, and different parts of the body are more susceptible to bruising than others. For example, the skin over the eyelids bruises easily, whilst the tougher palmar surface or plantar surface rarely bruises.
Tramline' bruises consist of two parallel linear bruises separated by a paler, undamaged section of skin. This type of injury occurs when the skin is struck with a rod shaped object, which sqeezes blood from the vessels at the point of inpact, thus emptying them and preventing them from leaking blood. The edges of the wound are stretched, and blood vessels are torn, causing blood to leak into the surrounding tissues. A similar phenomenon is seen when the injury is caused by a hard spherical object, such as a squash ball !
If I'm interpreting that correctly, and that's a big if, it means that there were no significant bruises on her skin just the fixed lividity that comes from rigor mortis. :waitasec:
Maybe some bruising on the left hip and left side of the lower back. If so that would lend itself to a theory that someone was holding her down at that area but only in that area.
That would seem to contradict the bruises all over her body story. :waitasec:
Is there a doctor in the house who can clear this up?
No, I haven't heard of that.
