Examining The Head Wound

[watson]

Looking closely at the original evidence can really be rewarding. For example we all know that JB suffered a blow (or injury) to the right side of the head and there was a long crack in the skull, BUT the ME report tells us so much more as there was also a piece of displaced or 'broken in' skull that tells us.........exactley where contact was made on her head with the object that hit her or that she hit, and since this impression was made in her skull by the object........it gives the size and shape of the object her head came in contact with (you could say the object left it's 'fingerprint').
So, where was contact with her head made? Deciphering the med speak on p. 7 of the report........above and behind the right ear. This should throw more doubt, if any is needed, on the idea she hit her head accidentally. It's really hard to think of a scenario where someone could contort or twist into position to do so. Is it possible, yeah, but, you'd expect an accidental injury on the back of the head, the front, flush on the side. BUT above and behind the right ear, is the classic and exact position you'd expect if she was struck from behind and above by a right handed person.
What about the shape and size of the impression the object left behind.....a rectangle 1 3/4" long, by 1/2" wide, and the scalp was not cut, so the object couldn't be sharp, pointed, or jagged, but had to be rounded and smooth. A rounded, smooth object that yet leaves a rectangular impression. Edge of bath tub? It's rounded and smooth, but not only 1 3/4" long. A rounded corner of a sink...nope...that would be an oval mark. A flat wall....nope then there'd be no pushed in rectangle at all. A baseball bat, hammer, back of a hatchet...none have the right size shape or smoothness, not even a golf club fits. Then comes the out of place heavy police style flashlight on the kitchen counter at the crime scene. No wonder investigators thought it was used in the crime. Besides being out of place, it's heavy, and it's light bulb end is a rounded smooth rim, that if you strike with the edge of the rim, would make a rectangular impression, since only part of the rounded rim and only it's side would contact the victim. And just taking my police style flashlight here (Mag Lite brand), and tracing a rectangle on a piece of paper 1 3/4" long, by 1/2" wide...the flashlight exactley fits both in length and width.
Unless and until someone can show the evidence indicates it's more likely something else happened I think the wound evidence shows she was hit in the back of the head with the flashlight on the counter.