Dr. Thomas Coyne

Sure.

So they would have had to have examined, I'm assuming they did examine her for sexual assault at the time of the external examination.

So that would have been looking into the vaginal vault, looking to see if there was any trauma or the presence of any seminal fluid.

And at that time, they could have sampled for seminal fluid or any other bodily fluids if it was present within her.

And then that would have been able to be accomplished without having to perform a full autopsy.

So they could have done that upon their external examination.

Horrible, horrible.

Yeah, I mean, number one, just coming upon the bodies, and depending upon where they were shot, but there would have been a considerable amount of bleeding, especially even from a head wound.

or a wound to the chest.

And so their clothing may have been soaked in blood.

Where they were lying, for instance, if they were in a bedroom, the bed sheets may have been soaked in blood.

And depending upon where they were shot, you know, if it was an angled shot that sort of hit the head, there could have been a tearing of the scalp tissue.

So it could have been quite horrific and gruesome for the children to see their parents in that state.

The bodies would have started, I mean, had they been shot hours prior, the body temperature would have started to acclimate towards that of the home.

And they certainly would have probably still had some rigor present in the body, a little stiff.

The blood would have also settled.

Yes.

So her body would have been stiff, cold, and probably stiff to touch.

Her arms and her legs may have been rigid.

And there probably was also libremortis, which is the settling of the blood based upon gravity.