Jennifer Amell

April and I are back in the Martinsville woods. We're trying to find where Heidi was killed and where her body was left. There's a few inches of snowfall, ice, and we quickly get pretty lost.

April and I are back in the Martinsville woods. We're trying to find where Heidi was killed and where her body was left. There's a few inches of snowfall, ice, and we quickly get pretty lost.

The only real thing we have to go off of is that she was found perpendicular across the creek.

The only real thing we have to go off of is that she was found perpendicular across the creek.

Oh, no, not your good pants. Not my good pants. For the record, my pants are covered in paint.

Oh, no, not your good pants. Not my good pants. For the record, my pants are covered in paint.

Yeah, I mean, the injuries on her body make sense with, like, either being dragged or falling down or something. You okay? It's creepy.

Yeah, I mean, the injuries on her body make sense with, like, either being dragged or falling down or something. You okay? It's creepy.

There was another doctor on scene who was Heidi's other neighbor, a Dr. Carl Sandy Perkins. He lived behind the Martins and was good friends with her father, Barry. It was Sandy who called the medical examiner that day, Eleanor McQuillan. When McQuillan arrived, Vermont State Police detectives were already on scene. After McQuillan examines the body in situ, she has detectives load her into a bag.

There was another doctor on scene who was Heidi's other neighbor, a Dr. Carl Sandy Perkins. He lived behind the Martins and was good friends with her father, Barry. It was Sandy who called the medical examiner that day, Eleanor McQuillan. When McQuillan arrived, Vermont State Police detectives were already on scene. After McQuillan examines the body in situ, she has detectives load her into a bag.

But because the gully was so steep, The easiest way to get Heidi's body out of there was up the gentler slope right behind the elementary school. Jason, Heidi's little brother, was actually in class that day. His teacher lowered the blinds as they pulled his sister out of the woods. Heidi's body was then transported up to Burlington for the autopsy.

But because the gully was so steep, The easiest way to get Heidi's body out of there was up the gentler slope right behind the elementary school. Jason, Heidi's little brother, was actually in class that day. His teacher lowered the blinds as they pulled his sister out of the woods. Heidi's body was then transported up to Burlington for the autopsy.

The following is from a case write-up that attorney Amy Fairfield has shared. "'Eleanor McQuillan, Vermont's deputy state medical examiner, found that Heidi had died from internal bleeding and shock, caused by two deep and closely spaced stab wounds to her right side.'"

The following is from a case write-up that attorney Amy Fairfield has shared. "'Eleanor McQuillan, Vermont's deputy state medical examiner, found that Heidi had died from internal bleeding and shock, caused by two deep and closely spaced stab wounds to her right side.'"

The most serious wound had punctured her aorta and broken a rib, causing massive blood loss, which then flowed into her chest cavity. Both wounds were about five inches deep and an inch wide. McQuillan found scrapes and bruises on Heidi's lower lip and pebbles and silt in her airway, but not much water.

The most serious wound had punctured her aorta and broken a rib, causing massive blood loss, which then flowed into her chest cavity. Both wounds were about five inches deep and an inch wide. McQuillan found scrapes and bruises on Heidi's lower lip and pebbles and silt in her airway, but not much water.

suggesting the killer held her head against the bottom of the stream as he stabbed her to death. Heidi had two additional, much shallower stab wounds on her abdomen and right flank. Since these wounds did not correspond to holes in Heidi's shirt, as did the more serious wounds, McQuillan opined that they were inflicted while Heidi was standing, with her shirt pulled up or off.

suggesting the killer held her head against the bottom of the stream as he stabbed her to death. Heidi had two additional, much shallower stab wounds on her abdomen and right flank. Since these wounds did not correspond to holes in Heidi's shirt, as did the more serious wounds, McQuillan opined that they were inflicted while Heidi was standing, with her shirt pulled up or off.

McQuillan found no evidence of sexual assault. Several other injuries suggested a struggle before Heidi's death. Two parallel bruises on her lower right arm came from a quote, good-sized squeeze of the tissue, McQuillan later testified, possibly from two fingers, a rope, or a bra. Another bruise on her upper right arm came from a quote, tight grab.

McQuillan found no evidence of sexual assault. Several other injuries suggested a struggle before Heidi's death. Two parallel bruises on her lower right arm came from a quote, good-sized squeeze of the tissue, McQuillan later testified, possibly from two fingers, a rope, or a bra. Another bruise on her upper right arm came from a quote, tight grab.