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Originally Posted by YumYum012
I don't doubt that some skull fractures do not bleed. However, in THIS case there WAS bleeding. And once bleeding begins, what would stop it?
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I assume you are talking about when there is a skull fracture and a scalp wound so the blood can continue flowing. In this case where there was no opening in the scalp and only so much blood could be released into the area between the skull and dura mater. What stopped it, was it had no place to go.
I have read several good arguments that JB was already dead when the garrote was put on her neck. The marks left by the cord could be post-mortem brusing. The internal organs in her neck were not damaged at all, like you see with ligature strangulation. And the petechiae which Meyer thought were caused by strangulation could have been caused by convulsions which are systematic of a severe head concussion.
Petechiae (puh-TEE-key-eye) are tiny little broken capillary blood vessels. Everyone has had them. A hard bout of coughing or vomiting can cause facial petechiae, especially around the eyes. These mean nothing. Newborns often have facial petechiae from the tight squeeze through the cervix. Thus petechiae are fairly common and in general of no concern.
http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/P/petechiae.html