What Kind of Weapon Leaves a Shallow Wound in Soft Tissue?

[Michael Griffith]

12 minutes ago, Cliff Varnell said:

Lifton pioneered the pre-autopsy surgery theory, did he not?  The Horne/Lifton Scenario, call it.

What kind of bullets leave shallow wounds in soft tissue?

There is no chain of possession for the improperly prepared extant autopsy photos.

The fragment left a 7mm X 4mm hole in the jacket then fell out of the wound and was not recovered.

From SS SA Glen Bennett’s 11/23/63 statement:

At the moment I looked at the back of the President I heard another fire-cracker noise and saw the shot hit the President about four inches down from the right shoulder... </q>

Lifton believed the pre-autopsy surgery was done on the plane en route to Bethesda, whereas Horne contends that it was done by Humes and Boswell about 30-40 minutes before the official autopsy. Lifton also believed the back wound may have been created as part of that surgery, whereas Horne does not. But, yes, both Lifton and Horne posit pre-autopsy surgery. 

When a bullet penetrates tissue, the tissue typically swells around it and holds it in place. 

The account of one of the extra bullets found at Bethesda is especially compelling because its author firmly believed in the WC's version of events and contacted Specter because he believed that this bullet had been accidentally overlooked. The man had no idea that the WC's theory could not accommodate the extra bullet he had personally seen that night. 

If we had the autopsy photos of the chest that several witnesses said were taken during the probing, we would know a lot more about the back wound. Of course there is no chain of possession for the suppressed chest photos because they were never allowed into the official record from the outset. We also have very credible evidence that photos of the head wounds are missing.

One thing that is clear from the ARRB materials is that on the night of the autopsy, the pathologists were absolutely, positively certain that the back wound had no exit point, which is why the first two drafts of the autopsy report said nothing about the throat wound being an exit point for the back wound.