List of Autopsy Reports

Provided by Justice of Peace, McLennan County, Precinct 2

See Dr. Nizam Peerwani's testimony, pgs 5962-66, for a description on how the bodies were recovered, autopsied, and identified.  In reviewing this material, an analyst is likely to encounter a number of anomalies, some of which are discussed in Anomalies in the Forensic Process.

Other listings of Davidians are available:

• FBI Partial List of Mt. Carmel Residents (April 21, 1993)
• DoJ List of Mt. Carmel Deaths February 28, 1993
• Clive Doyle's List of Mt. Carmel Deaths April 19, 1993
• Identification Matrix Sorted by Doe Number
• Identification Matrix Sorted Alphabetically
• Identification Matrix Collated with Clive Doyle's List and Tarrant County Records
• List of Decomposition States

• Mt. Carmel Doe 1 -- allegedly Raymond Friesen
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide due to fire; global charring
  • Identified: 5/6/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 2 -- allegedly Malcom Livingston
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke carbon monoxide due to fire; charring; crush injury
  • Identified: 4/28/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 3 -- allegedly Floyd L. Houtman
  • Alleged cause of death: thermal burns and inhalation of smoke due to fire; perimortal crush injury, right chest
  • Identified: 5/2/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 4 -- allegedly Scott Sonobe
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and thermal burns due to fire
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 5 -- allegedly Douglas W. Martin
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and thermal burns due to fire
  • Identified: 5/2/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
• Mt. Carmel Doe 6 -- allegedly Mark Wendell
  • Alleged cause of death: thermal burns due to fire; global charring
  • Identified: 6/24/93 by pathology (X-ray)
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 7 -- allegedly Steven Emil Schneider
  • Alleged cause of death: craniocerebral trauma due to gunshot wound of mouth
  • Identified: 5/10/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 8 -- allegedly David Koresh
  • Alleged cause of death: massive craniocerebral trauma due to gunshot wound in mid-forehead
  • Identified: 5/2/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 9 -- allegedly Clifford Sellars
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide due to fire; global charring
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 10 -- allegedly Sonia C. Murray
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide due to fire; global charring
  • Identified: 5/4/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 11 -- allegedly Sherri Jewell
  • Alleged cause of death: smoke inhalation and thermal burns due to fire; global charring and somal fragmentation
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 12 -- allegedly Jennifer Andrade
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide due to fire; global charring
  • Identified: 5/12/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 30 -- Allegedly Katherine Andrade
  • Alleged cause of death: smoke inhalation
  • Identified: 5/3/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 31 A (shown in ID Matrix as MC Doe 31) -- allegedly Aisha Summers
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound and carbon monoxide inhalation
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 31 B -- alleged fetus of Aisha Summers
  • Cause of death: intrauterine fetal demise due to maternal death
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 31 C (unidentified human leg)
  • Note: remains consist of a "human leg"
  • Cause of death: not determined
  • Identified: (unidentified, not mentioned in ID Matrix)
  • Autopsy Report not received from Tarrant County.
    Mt. Carmel 31 C is mentioned in Autopsy 31 F; also mentioned in Dr. Perrwani's testimony (Transcript, pg. 5975 and 5976).
• Mt. Carmel Doe 31 DE (unidentified)
  • Note: remains consist of fragmentary skull of 11-14 yr. old child
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound
  • Identified: (unidentified)
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 31 F (unidentified)
  • Note: remains consist of a negroid dread-lock and scalp tissue
  • Cause of death: not determined
  • Identified: (unidentified, not mentioned in ID Matrix)
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 32 -- allegedly John-Mark Stanley McBean
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of carbon monoxide
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 33 -- allegedly Dayland Lord Little (Gent)
  • Alleged cause of death: stab wound
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 34 -- allegedly Floracita Sonobe
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound of head
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 35 -- allegedly Shari Doyle
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound, left posterior head
  • Identified: 4/25/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 36 -- allegedly David M. Jones
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound of head
  • Identified: 4/25/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 37 -- allegedly Alrick George Bennett
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide due to fire, global charring
  • Identified: 5/3/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 38 -- allegedly Rebecca Saipaia
  • Alleged cause of death: extensive thermal injuries with charring due to fire
  • Identified: 5/6/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 39 -- allegedly Novellette Hipsman
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound of chest and head
  • Identified: 5/11/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 40 -- allegedly Gregory Allen Summers
  • Alleged cause of death: thermal burns and smoke inhalation due to fire, extensive charring
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
• Mt. Carmel Doe 41 -- allegedly Neal Vaega
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound of head, global charring
  • Identified: 5/15/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 42 -- allegedly Pablo Cohen
  • Alleged cause of death: smoke and carbon monoxide inhalation due to fire, extensive charring
  • Identified: 5/5/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 45 -- allegedly Mary Jean E. Borst
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound in back
  • Identified: 4/26/93 by dental comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 47 -- allegedly Nicole Little (Gent)
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 48 was a dog, identified on recovery map and ID Matrix
• Mt. Carmel Doe 49 -- allegedly Wayne Martin
  • Alleged cause of death: smoke inhalation
  • Identified: 5/6/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 50 -- allegedly "Child" Martin
  • Note: Autopsy Report refers to adult right humerus, ID Matrix refers to "two bones"
  • Cause of death: not determined
  • Identified: 8/17/93 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • No photograph available
• Mt. Carmel Doe 51 -- allegedly Judy V. Schneider
  • Alleged cause of death: suffocation due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: 4/30/93 by fingerprint comparison
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 51 A (unidentified)
  • Note: skull of 2 yr. old with disarticulated mandible
  • Alleged cause of death: smoke inhalation and suffocation due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: (unidentified)
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 52 -- allegedly Joseph R. Martinez
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon dioxide and extensive charring
  • Identified: 5/14/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 53 -- allegedly Isaiah Martinez
  • Note: Autopsy Report describes 5.5 to 6.5 yr. old female child, but ID Matrix assigns male name
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound and inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 54 -- allegedly Julliete S. Martinez
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide
  • Identified: 4/28/93 by finger print comparison and dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 55 -- allegedly Audrey Martinez
  • Alleged cause of death: suffocation due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: 5/7/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 56 -- allegedly Abigail Martinez
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound
  • Identified: 5/7/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 57 -- allegedly (unknown) Martinez
  • Alleged cause of death: suffocation due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 58 -- allegedly fetus of Aisha Summers
  • Note: separate Autopsy Report not available for these remains, but identified on the ID Matrix with 31 B
  • Alleged cause of death: intrauterine fetal demise due to maternal death
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by anthropology
  • Autopsy Report
• Mt. Carmel Doe 59 -- (unidentified)
  • Note: 14 to 19 year old woman, disarticulated at the hips and severely decomposed
  • Alleged cause of death: blunt force cranial trauma due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: 8/17/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 60 (unidentified)
  • Note: mandible and left humerus from 2 to 4 yr. old child
  • Cause of death: not determined
  • Identified: 8/17/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 61 -- allegedly "child" Martin
  • Note: previously identified by "fingerprint comparison" as Rosemary Morrison ("adult female") on Autopsy Report; name is corrected in heading but not in text
  • Alleged cause of death: suffocation due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: 5/26/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 62 -- allegedly Chanel Andrade
  • Alleged cause of death: suffocation
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
• Mt. Carmel Doe 63 -- allegedly "Twin" Jones
  • Alleged cause of death: blunt force trauma due to overlay and burial in structural collapse and inhalation of carbon monoxide
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
• Mt. Carmel Doe 64 -- allegedly Paiges (Little) Gent or Kara Brittani Little (Gent)
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of carbon monoxide and focal charring
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, Photograph D, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 65 -- (unidentified)
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide and burns
  • Identified: 8/17/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, Photograph D, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 66 -- allegedly Lorraine Sylvia
  • Alleged cause of death: multiple gunshot wounds and extensive charring
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, Photograph D, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 67-1-- allegedly Star Howell (Koresh)
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide and extensive charring
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 67-2 --- allegedly Cyrus Howell (Koresh)
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide and extensive charring
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 67-3 -- allegedly Rachel Howell (Koresh)
  • Alleged cause of death: suffocation due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: 5/11/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 67-4 -- allegedly Hollywood Sylvia
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of carbon monoxide and extensive charring
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 67-5 -- Bobby Layne Howell (Koresh)
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of carbon monoxide
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA studies--identified with Mt. Carmel Doe 69
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 67-6 -- allegedly Rachel Sylvia
  • Alleged cause of death: suffocation due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 67-7 -- (unidentified)
  • Note: child's fragmentary pelvis, legs, and feet
  • Cause of death: not determined (cannot rule out trauma, asphyxia, or suffocation)
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 67-8 -- (unidentified)
  • Note: child's partial skull
  • Alleged cause of death: gunshot wound to head
  • Identified: (not identified)
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph A, Photograph B, Photograph C, and Photograph E
• Mt. Carmel Doe 68 (unidentified)
  • Note: Autopsy Report for Mt. Carmel Doe 68 not received
  • Identified: ID Matrix states "No body" for Mt. Carmel Doe 68
• Mt. Carmel Doe 69 -- allegedly Bobbie Layne Howell (Koresh)
  • Note: identified with Mt. Carmel Doe 67-5
  • Alleged cause of death: smoke and carbon monoxide inhalation
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 70 -- Mayannah Schneider
  • Alleged cause of death: suffocation due to overlay and burial in structural collapse
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 71 -- allegedly Michelle Jones
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide and focal charring
  • Identified: 4/30/94 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 72 -- Serenity Sea Jones
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide and focal charring
  • Identified: 8/17/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 73 -- allegedly "Twin" Jones
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide
  • Identified: 2/8/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 74 -- allegedly Melissa Morrison
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA studies
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 75 -- allegedly Rosemary Morrison
  • Alleged cause of death: inhalation of smoke and carbon monoxide due to fire
  • Identified: 4/14/94 by DNA
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 76 -- allegedly Peter Gent
  • Alleged cause of death: perforation of aorta due to gunshot wound of chest
  • Identified: 5/6/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 77 -- allegedly Winston Blake
  • Alleged cause of death: craniocerebral trauma due to high velocity gunshot wound of head
  • Identified: 5/5/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 78 -- allegedly Jaydean Wendel
  • Alleged cause of death: craniocerebral trauma due to gunshot wound of head
  • Identified: 5/5/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe -- 79 allegedly Peter Hipsman
  • Alleged cause of death: craniocerebral trauma due to multiple gunshot wounds of head, gunshot wound of chest/abdomen
  • Identified: 5/5/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 80 -- allegedly Peter Dale ("Perry") Jones
  • Alleged cause of death: craniocerebral trauma due to gunshot wound of mouth
  • Identified: 5/5/93 by dental records
  • Autopsy Report
  • Autopsy Photograph
• Mt. Carmel Doe 81 -- allegedly Michael Dean Schroeder
  • Alleged cause of death: internal injuries due to multiple gunshot wounds
  • Identified: 3/6/93 by fingerprint comparison, and again on 5/5/93 by fingerprint comparison
  • Autopsy Report