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ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF-CORONER <br />AUTOPSY REPORT <br />MERCADO SEGURA, Miguel A. 20-00372-MM <br />Page6 <br />wound #6. Both of them are round in shape and show a diameter of 3/16 of an <br />inch. No soot, stippling or muzzle imprint are noted. <br />EXIT: There is a large gaping exit which is surrounded by green abdominal <br />discoloration due to decomposition, which is located 32-1 /2 inches below the top of <br />the head and 2 inches right of the midline. It measures 1 inch in greatest <br />dimension. <br />This exit site most likely represents the exit site for gunshot wounds #3-6. <br />PROJECTILE: A lead deformed large caliber copper projectile is recovered within <br />the soft tissue right underneath the exit site for gunshot wound #3-6. It is unclear at <br />this point exactly which gunshot wound is causing the lodged projectile within the <br />soft tissues. <br />COURSE: The gunshot wound track enter the skin around the left inner buttock <br />and the right inner buttock. They then course into the underlying soft tissues and <br />enter the pelvic cavity where they perforate multiple areas of the small and large <br />intestines. The gunshot wound tracks then most likely merge in the underlying soft <br />tissues and finally exit the skin at the level of the right lower abdomen towards the <br />pelvic area. <br />DIRECTION: The projected overall direction of all gunshot wounds is <br />approximately back to front, and overall nearly straight. Of note, the track of <br />gunshot wound #3 is slightly deviated towards the right side, and the direction of <br />gunshot wound tracks of #4, #5, and #6 are slightly from right to left. <br />ASSOCIATED INJURIES: There are multiple perforations noted of the small <br />intestines as well as of the large intestines within the area of the pelvic cavity. <br />There are also associated perforations of the soft tissues of the pelvic cavity at the <br />posterior aspect. Of note, there is a mild amount of bloody hemorrhages within the <br />pelvic or abdominal cavity. <br />GUNSHOT WOUND #7, RIGHT BUTTOCK <br />ENTRY: The entry site is located at the right outer buttock, approximately 3-1/2 <br />inches right of the midline and 33 inches below the top of the head. The entry site <br />2020-02-04 KC