Comments on: “Autopsy vs. Investigation” http://www.coronerstories.com/2006/08/11/%e2%80%9cautopsy-vs-investigation%e2%80%9d/ The real-life world of death investigation. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:01:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Terri http://www.coronerstories.com/2006/08/11/%e2%80%9cautopsy-vs-investigation%e2%80%9d/#comment-2872 Terri Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:23:52 +0000 http://www.coronerstories.com/2006/08/11/%e2%80%9cautopsy-vs-investigation%e2%80%9d/#comment-2872 Dianna, I am sorry that you have so many unanswered questions about how your sister died. This must be very hard to deal with, considering the history of abuse. You will always wonder if her husband killed her and staged a suicide. Here are my initial thoughts off the top of my head, and please keep in mind that I am in no way a professional. I just tend to think a lot. I think it would be important to know if she had died before she was hanged. I wonder if she could have been strangled by hand and then hanged, which could explain the absence of scratch marks on her neck. Did they check to see if she looked like she had been dragged at all, which could explain the shoe far away from her body? And I can't believe they didn't check the footprint size. Any chance it is still there? Maybe you could go look. What did she hang herself with? Was there a knot, and if so, what kind of knot? A boy scout type knot, or a knot that looked like the person had no experience with making knots? Also her husband's behavior could give him away. Maybe you could get a criminal profiler to talk to you about how her husband discovered her body. Would he be more likely to "find" her right away and call emergency, or would he tend to wait a while? How did he act when the authorities arrived? How is he acting now? Did he take out any life insurance policies on her before she died? Does he have another woman already? As for your sister, was she depressed? If she was abused she was likely depressed, and since she was isolated and abused, she could have resorted to suicide as an escape. Did she leave a note? Did she ever mention suicide? Did she seem hopeless? Did she have email that could be checked to see if she had any future plans that may indicate she had no intention of taking her life? If there is a computer that they used, perhaps it should be checked for any possible evidence, such as ways to commit suicide, or ways to stage one. I hope you can still get answers to some of these questions. With the history of abuse and her husband's anger issues, a full investigation should have been done on him (in my opinion). Murder staged as suicide does happen. I'm sorry for your loss, and my heart goes out to you. If you get more information I hope you give an update. Take Care, Terri Dianna,

I am sorry that you have so many unanswered questions about how your sister died. This must be very hard to deal with, considering the history of abuse. You will always wonder if her husband killed her and staged a suicide. Here are my initial thoughts off the top of my head, and please keep in mind that I am in no way a professional. I just tend to think a lot.

I think it would be important to know if she had died before she was hanged. I wonder if she could have been strangled by hand and then hanged, which could explain the absence of scratch marks on her neck. Did they check to see if she looked like she had been dragged at all, which could explain the shoe far away from her body? And I can’t believe they didn’t check the footprint size. Any chance it is still there? Maybe you could go look. What did she hang herself with? Was there a knot, and if so, what kind of knot? A boy scout type knot, or a knot that looked like the person had no experience with making knots?

Also her husband’s behavior could give him away. Maybe you could get a criminal profiler to talk to you about how her husband discovered her body. Would he be more likely to “find” her right away and call emergency, or would he tend to wait a while? How did he act when the authorities arrived? How is he acting now? Did he take out any life insurance policies on her before she died? Does he have another woman already?

As for your sister, was she depressed? If she was abused she was likely depressed, and since she was isolated and abused, she could have resorted to suicide as an escape. Did she leave a note? Did she ever mention suicide? Did she seem hopeless? Did she have email that could be checked to see if she had any future plans that may indicate she had no intention of taking her life? If there is a computer that they used, perhaps it should be checked for any possible evidence, such as ways to commit suicide, or ways to stage one.

I hope you can still get answers to some of these questions. With the history of abuse and her husband’s anger issues, a full investigation should have been done on him (in my opinion). Murder staged as suicide does happen.

I’m sorry for your loss, and my heart goes out to you. If you get more information I hope you give an update.

Take Care,
Terri

]]> By: Spike http://www.coronerstories.com/2006/08/11/%e2%80%9cautopsy-vs-investigation%e2%80%9d/#comment-2576 Spike Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:06:13 +0000 http://www.coronerstories.com/2006/08/11/%e2%80%9cautopsy-vs-investigation%e2%80%9d/#comment-2576 Dianna, I hope you find the answers to what happened and that your sister's husband is sorry for what he did to her before her death and pays for her death if he killed her. Dianna, I hope you find the answers to what happened and that your sister’s husband is sorry for what he did to her before her death and pays for her death if he killed her.

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