Yeah Stele That's what I have thought too, all along.....why shoot one and bludgeon one....... but then again, why behead one and haul one off..........geesh, IDK other than your and Foxfires thoughts on staging, he wasnt facing east (IIRC) so it was some M. extremist group
I searched and searched last night not finding that information on the spinal fluid or medical information in general....but As far as trauma, wasnt sure if gunshot would be more force interrupting the flow of spinal and lymph, blowing it out, more so than a bludgeoning where most is still intact but causing the glymphatic system to spill over and drain as it would naturally into the spinal column but with blood.... but that's my personal thoughts just according to my litte knowlege of craniosacral massage therapy haha
Yeah I always tended towards something else besides hiding the bullet but have had my doubts and crossed over but I just think too like you said bludgeoning is there MO
Yeah I wondered way back if RD owned gusn or engaged in any target practice, he could have shot at a snake at the lake, that happens often but when did he do that and when did he launder his shirt?
IDK, maybe it's all pointless and useless information but we only hope for a clue somewhere to help engage different thoughts, we jsut keep circling the same info like vultures LOL.....until we get something knew.....like the lawsuit information and see where that leads, we have nothing but speculation on the information we are so sparsely given but slowly coming out bit by bit
Thanks stele........your're not really steel hearted are you? LOL
I just think if this/ these killers bludgeoned SD - then the simplest answer is that is their MO. Why not just shoot SD as well. A blow to the head and then finishing blows is quieter. Especially if this happened early in the morning.
Yes blood can result from either. I usually believe Wecht but it's deduction on his part IMO. If I recall some discussion by the coroner or Dep. Coroner or someone that spinal fluid containing certain brain chemicals, neurotransmitters, etc. indicates trauma same as blood which doesn't belong in the trachea or in the spinal fluid. swallowing blood, etc Can but either way it's trauma - Gun or hammer. But taking the head and staging the body doesn't say hide the bullet to me, LOL I think SS has said that he body was only moved a short distance judging from a small blood pool under the body.
GSR on the collar would be simple to explain if RD owned his own rifle or shotgun. Maybe he took a shot at some varmint in his bathrobe one morning/ night.
But a projectile in and of itself cannot identify a particular firearm or owner since several makes, models and styles using the same caliber are possible.
JMO
