04-12-2013, 09:23 AM
David J.,
I'm going to email Dr. Cyril Wecht to see if I can get any further comment from him on the Pitzer case.
You wrote: "Step one of this evidence is whether the autopsy reveals the telltale signs of suicide... close contact marks on the skin at the entry point and powder burns on the hand which fired the pistol..."
The second part of that, "close contact marks", appears to me was answered by MacDonnell when he noted the "muzzle imprint of the front sight" and the "charring of tissue" demonstrated that it was a "contact wound".
So I will ask Dr. Wecht if any significance should be attached to the apparent lack of "powder burns on the hand which fired the pistol".
I'll let you know if and when I hear anything back.
Best to you, Martin.
I'm going to email Dr. Cyril Wecht to see if I can get any further comment from him on the Pitzer case.
You wrote: "Step one of this evidence is whether the autopsy reveals the telltale signs of suicide... close contact marks on the skin at the entry point and powder burns on the hand which fired the pistol..."
The second part of that, "close contact marks", appears to me was answered by MacDonnell when he noted the "muzzle imprint of the front sight" and the "charring of tissue" demonstrated that it was a "contact wound".
So I will ask Dr. Wecht if any significance should be attached to the apparent lack of "powder burns on the hand which fired the pistol".
I'll let you know if and when I hear anything back.
Best to you, Martin.