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I contend that if the head wound were the result of an accidental blow the scalp would have evidenced tears or other visible injury. THe fact that no exterior damage was visible is strongly indicative of a premeditated blow with a prepared instrument, like a duct taped object, or a rounded heavy object, such as a stone club ( In the case of the stone club idea it would not necessarily follow that the perp knew that that weapon of choice would not leave a visible exterior wound. He could have chosen such a weapon for other reasons without expecting that particular result. A taped weapon indicates some prior preparation and understanding of forensics but neither such a taped object or smoothed narrow stone points to an accident IMO.

The following true story and forensic analysis supports the idea, IMO, that if JonBenet were swung or forcefully thrown against some object there would be DEFINITE signs of countra-coup brusing opposite the fracture. Some think there are signs but these aren't definite by any means. The fracture probably would have occured somewhere on the side of JB's head rather than on top as well, wouldn't you think? Does anyone think she was dropped accidently directly on top of her head, like from the staircase? Experts on the example case say that the 7-1/2" fracture if incurred in a fall could only happen in a fall greater than 4 feet. I believe a free fall greater than that onto the top of her head would have broken JonBenet's neck as well. But that wasn't the case. In other words the head injury in the Ramsey case wasn't due to a great or slight fall, it wasn't due to being slung around like a sack of potatoes. It was a blow from above made forcefully and with a prepared or purposefully selected object, ie., it was premeditated murder, not an accidental death.

The case study also indicates that if the head wound came first it is likely that the child would have lived an hour or so sans garrote. She would have been visibly alive,breathing, perhaps convulsing. Only a terminally close minded person might conceive of these parents standing by while their daughter lay dying? What idiot would think these kind hearted, miracle believing folks would concoct a bizarre garroting staging rather than taking their daughter to the ER (even if, in fact, their daughter had been injured in their sight or at their hand)?

The link:

A INTERESTING CASE STUDY
http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/Wright-George111001/wright-george111001.html
excerpt
A case where the patient/victim lay unconscious and bleeding until, apparently, an embolism ended her life-no garrote to choke off the blood flow to the brain.

"A 75–80 cc acute subdural hematoma in the left temporal area with underlying cortical contusion. The latter is called a contracoup hemorrhage since it occurs on the opposite side from the fracture (7-1/2"). This collection of blood was reported to be so severe as to cause uncal herniation and cerebellar coning which occur only with the heart pumping blood into the brain, according to the medical literature.
***Dr. Berkland asserts that contracoup injury can occur only if a "moving head stationary object." not by a moving object striking a stationary head. This is contradicted by authoritative literature.*** In addition, the forensic literature says that an unguarded fall of at least four feet is required to fracture the skull and a contracoup injury would require substantially greater energy than would be produced by such a short fall. Furthermore, Dr. Berkland said that Klausutis fell because a cardiac arrhythmia made the heartbeat ineffectual without explaining how the heart then pumped enough blood to produce an expanding collection of blood on the left side of the brain, the side opposite to the fracture? Finally, although the report shows the subdural hematoma was severe, it was far from the site deep in the brainstem that controls heartbeat and respiration. Dr. Berkland's microscopics give no description of the brainstem and no evidence that it was damaged at all, leaving a question as to the exact cause of death. Ed Friedlander, M.D., a noted forensic pathologist has stated that "A good rule of thumb is that nothing inside the head short of a gunshot wound through the lower brainstem will kill a person in less than 60 minutes."