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GONZALEZ, Jessica <br />ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF-CORONER <br />AUTOPSY REPORT <br />13-02615-BB <br />Pages <br />B. PATH: An x-ray of the right forearm reveals two tiny slivers of <br />radiopaque fragment of the right forearm and an indented and <br />fractured right ulnar bone. The bulk of the bullet is not detected on <br />X-ray. <br />C. EXIT: There is none, and the wound was likely caused by bullet <br />fragment that further fragmented once it struck the ulnar bone. <br />D. PROJECTILE/FRAGMENTS: Two tiny slivers of radiopaque <br />fragments are seen on the x-ray of the right forearm. They are not <br />retrieved. <br />E. DIRECTION: Given the standard anatomic position of the body, <br />the direction is front-to-back and upwards. <br />Ill. GUNSHOT WOUND OF VENTRAL LATERAL RIGHT ARM: <br />A. ENTRANCE: The ventral lateral right arm has an ovoid-shaped, <br />vertically-oriented, 1 ½ x ½ inch gunshot entrance wound that is <br />centered 1 inch right of the ventral right forearm midline and <br />19 ¾ inches proximal to the 3rd right fingertip. It has a peripheral <br />dry abrasion that ranges from 1 /16 to 3/16 inches in width, and a <br />deep wound track at its superior edge. There is no associated <br />sooting, stippling, or muzzle imprint identified on the surrounding <br />skin <br />B. PATH: The bullet perforates the skin, underlying subcutaneous <br />tissues and skeletal muscles of the ventral lateral right arm, and <br />the bullet courses through the skeletal muscles before it exits the <br />ventral medial, proximal right arm, and re-enters the lateral right <br />chest/inferior axilla region. It enters the lateral right 3rd intercostal <br />space, perforates the right lower lobe of the lung, and exits the <br />right chest cavity through a midline defect of the right <br />hemidiaphragm . It then enters the posterolateral right thoracic <br />6/27/2013 bl (13547) Etoi M. Davenport, M.D., Forensic Pathologist