STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield
STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield
STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield
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shown pictures <strong>of</strong> the severed head, torso, waist area, hands, upper leg and feet.<br />
(Vol. LV, R. 698-706)<br />
The hands did not show any signs <strong>of</strong> injury indicating that there was no<br />
struggle. (Vol. LV, R. 701-03) Dr. Murphy would not expect any blood spatter to<br />
occur as the body was being cut because blood stops flowing after death and<br />
coagulates within five to ten minutes. (Vol. LV, R. 712-13)<br />
Sand was found in the vagina. Murphy explained that prior to rigor mortis<br />
setting in the muscles <strong>of</strong> the body would relax. This could explain how the sand<br />
could get into Karyn’s vagina. The sand entered prior to rigor mortis and then was<br />
trapped inside by a tampon as it expanded in the water. (Vol. LV, R. 719-22)<br />
Murphy did not scrape underneath the deceased’s fingernails although<br />
matter was observable in the pictures. (Vol. LV, R. 729) There was some skin<br />
irregularity on the bridge <strong>of</strong> the nose which could have been the result <strong>of</strong> some<br />
trauma prior to death. Irregularities around the eyes were most likely after death.<br />
Two areas <strong>of</strong> discoloration behind the ear on the right mandible could indicate<br />
bruising and, thus, be pre-death trauma. (Vol. LV, R. 725-27)<br />
Dr. Murphy says believed was a short time between death and<br />
dismemberment; anywhere from minutes to hours. It was apparent Ms. Slover<br />
died minutes after being shot. (Vol. LV, R. 734-35) The gunshot wounds indicate<br />
that Ms. Hearn Slover was shot at a downward angle at about a 30-45 degree<br />
angle. (Vol. LV, R. 736)<br />
Dr. Murphy stated that there would be no blood spatter because a dead<br />
body does not bleed. With blood coagulating within five to ten minutes <strong>of</strong> death<br />
he would not expect blood splatter, however, there could be tissue that would be<br />
spread. (Vol. LV, R. 737-38) Also, if the body were cut within three minutes <strong>of</strong><br />
death there would be blood spatter. (Vol. LV, R. 739)<br />
Murphy did not do a pelvic examination himself. It was done by a colleague,<br />
Travis Hindman. His conclusion that sand went into the vagina prior to rigor<br />
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