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OCCRIMELAB County Executive Office -District Attorney -Sheriff REPORT OF EVIDENCE COLLECTION AT AUTOPSY CRIME LAB NAME: Jessica Gonzalez FR#: Coroner#: CRIME: OIS DATE: DEPT: Orange County District Attorney DR: 13-48764 13-02615B8 Jun 23 2013 SA13-0015 On June 26, 2013, at approximately 0900 hours, I attend the post-mortem examination of Jessica GONZALEZ at the Orange County Coroner's Division Facility (CDF) in Special Autopsy Room #24. The autopsy was performed by Dr. DAVENPORT and the photographs were taken by OC Crime Lab (OCCL) Forensic Specialist SAHAGUN. Also present were Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Investigator DAWSON and Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) Detective RODRIGUEZ. The decedent, an adult female, was supine on a gurney in a closed body bag. The decedent was unclothed and paper bags covered her hands. Medical paraphernalia was attached to her body. I removed and collected the paper bags. I examined her hands. Her fingernails were short, dirty and unbroken. Apparent blood was on her hands. Nothing else of significance was observed on her hands. I collected fingernail scraping swabs and hand swabs from her right and left hands. Abrasions were observed on her face near her right eye and on her back. An apparent surgical incision was below her left breast. An apparent gunshot graze wound, an apparent gunshot entry wound and an apparent gunshot exit wound were in her right ann; an apparent gunshot re-entry wound was in her right underann; an apparent gunshot exit wound was in her left chest; an apparent gunshot entry wound was in her left back; an apparent gunshot entry wound was in her right back; and an apparent gunshot exit wound was in the center of her back. The gunshot wounds were examined with an illuminated magnifier. No soot, tattooing or stippling was observed. I had the apparent gunshot entrance wounds from her right ann, right back and left back excised. The excised wounds were examined with a stereomicroscope. No apparent gunpowder particles were observed. I received bullet fragments recovered from the left chest cavity, the lumbar spine and the left breast wound . I also received a bullet recovered from the lumbar spine. The following items were collected and submitted to the OC Crime Lab Evidence Control Unit: • Bags from hands of Jessica GONZALEZ • Hand and fingernails swabs from Jessica GONZALEZ • Bullet and bullet fragments from Jessica GONZALEZ • Deep muscle standard from Jessica GONZALEZ Date Forensic Scientist III cc: OCDA Inv. Loren Dawson Q 7 -1 3 -1 3 lDS OCSD Senior Deputy Coroner Brooke BeasleyQ 7 -1 3 -1 3 IDS ~:.scit!, ... ~~~l:w,dit,d labMalory m AR i1l j 11 t-,l 13 Pagel of J