Dave Reitzes on the Clothing Evidence

[Robert Prudhomme]

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"....and a second wound occurred in the posterior back at about the level of the third thoracic vertebra."

Edited September 16, 2013 by Robert Prudhomme

[Ray Mitcham]

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"....and a second wound occurred in the posterior back at about the level of the third thoracic vertebra."

Bob, strange that Admiral Burkely was never called to testify by the Warren Commission or the HSCA.

"In 1976, Burkley's lawyer William Illig contacted Richard Sprague of the HSCA, saying that his client had information that "others besides Oswald must have participated." Sprague was ousted days later, and the reconstituted HSCA and its medical panel never took Burkley's testimony. "

I think we know why.

[Cliff Varnell]

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"....and a second wound occurred in the posterior back at about the level of the third thoracic vertebra."

Robert, thanks for citing Burkley's death certificate.

I think there's two categories of medical evidence:

1) Evidence properly prepared/maintained according to the prevailing professional protocols.

2) Evidence improperly prepared/maintained.

Here's Col Finck to the ARRB:

JFK's spine, a fixed landmark, was the correct and only point of reference to determine the accurate location of this

posterior wound.

Burkley's death certificate was properly prepared -- wound at T3.

Consistent with the location of the bullet holes in the clothes.

The final autopsy report gave two different locations for the posterior wound, neither of which followed military autopsy protocols.

Emphasis added.

Situated on the upper right posterior thorax just above the upper border of the scapula there is a 7 x 4 millimeter oval wound. This wound is measured to be 14 cm. from the tip of the right acromion process and 14 cm. below the tip of the right mastoid process.

Can Dave Reitzes make a fact-based argument for why the final autopsy report should trump the clothing holes and the death certificate?

Obviously not...

Edited September 16, 2013 by Cliff Varnell

[Robert Prudhomme]

My personal favourite:

0:49 "...a large wound to his head in the right posterior...."

Edited September 16, 2013 by Robert Prudhomme