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Summary: The autopsy report states:
- The identity of the remains was without question.
- Cause of death: Gunshot wound from high-velocity bullet entering left cheek and exiting below right ear, causing:
- Cranialcerebral trauma
- Cervical spinal cord severed
- Terminal bleeding.
- Aspiration of blood.
- No bullet or fragments recovered.
- Cause of death:
- Craniocerebral and cervical spinal trauma due to hight velocity gunshot wound of face/neck.
Comment:
- The wound is not consistent with the marksmanship of Bible students firing hurridly in the heat of combat.
- Instead, the wound appears to be an expertly placed bullet aimed to pass through the center of the brain, causing instant and certain fatality — as few but a professional sniper could inflict. The bullet did extensive fatal damage that could not be mitigated in the world's best trauma unit, even if it were already on the scene.
- No bullet or fragment was recovered from the remains, making identification of the weapon (and hence the shooter) impossible from the autopsy alone. The lack of bullet fragments suggests a jacketed bullet, the kind required by the Vienna Conventions on war; jacketed bullets are not generally used by sportsmen.
- The states, "Offender: Committed suicide" without identifying the offender or noting that surviving Davidians were tried and convicted for the deaths of the ATF agents.
- The autopsy does not include an estimate of the time of death.
The Report includes the original August 4, 1993 DoJ Indictment as Appendix F.
Summary:
- "On February 28, 1993, in the Western District of Texas, Special Agent Robert Williams of the Bureau ot Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms was shot and killed by the conspirators while he was attemptinq to execute search and arrest warrants."
Comment:
- Evidence of murder by a skilled sniper (not a Davidian under fire) is discussed in the chapter Who Struck John?
The Report tells the official narrative of LeBleu's death on pages 96-98.
Summary:
- "Special Agents Steven D. Willis and Robert J. Williams were killed during the ambush. Agent Willis, a member of the Houston raid support team, had taken cover behind a van parked near the right front comer of the Compound. Special Agent Williams, New Orleans SRT, was providing cover for his teammates mounting the roof. Intense gunfire forced him to seek cover behind a large metal object on the ground to the east side of the Compound."
Comment:
- Evidence of murder by a skilled sniper (not a Davidian under fire) is discussed in the chapter Who Struck John?
Bone chart and
medical glossary available on line.
Anomalies in the Forensic Process may also be
helpful.