21.   He had been lying there at least a month, and his throat had been cut, they said.

22.   He was stabbed with pruning shears, and his throat was cut with a gardening saw.

23.   He was dead when they arrived, having cut his throat.

24.   Her throat had been cut and she was clad only in a sock.

25.   Her throat was cut and she was left to die with a bullet lodged behind her ear.

26.   His throat also was cut, they said, and his hands were slashed as he tried to fend off blows.

27.   His throat was cut, too, they said, and his hands were slashed as he tried to fend off blows.

28.   I had to cut the throat, and then we strung it up, and I told him he had to take the intestines out.