The Head Wounds Revisited

[Albert Rossi]

Thanks Albert. Your input has been very helpful to me. I have no particular agenda when it comes to the medical evidence. I simply would like to get a better idea of what exactly happened. I have witnessed autopsies myself, and so I have no difficulty understanding Dr. Aguilar's explanations of how the wounds could appear different to the Dallas doctors and the autopsy witnesses. I do have difficulty explaining it others. I read through most of the ARRB depositions of the autopsy witnesses, as well as what HSCA interviews I could access on the internet, to see what I could find. Of course I didn't take notes, thinking that others had done this, and the answers would be clear. Apparently no one has, and this issue of body altering is such a contentious one, it is difficult to find an objective analysis that doesn't cherry pick evidence and testimony to fit their theory. Now I have a hard time remembering just who said what. The upshot of it was, however, that I could not piece together a coherent narrative, for any of the possible scenarios. I am going to try and go back and do this as I find the time. I find the Roshomon aspect of it all fascinating. If you do as well, let us know what you come up with.

This is so refreshing to hear. And yes, I agree with you about the cherry picking. I'd also be fascinated to know more about your autopsy experiences.

I, too, do not have too much free time on my hands, so if I undertook this, it would not be something I could polish off in a brief period.

I had another thought: perhaps actually entering this material into a queriable database would also be useful. I'd have to think a bit about the schema to use and the indexing.

Not making any solid promises here, though. Knowing how software metrics usually go, it's a pretty safe bet that one's original time estimate will have to be tripled.