1. A forensic pathologist testified that both wounds could have been self-inflicted. 2. A government pathologist testified that the wound was caused by a cutting motion rather than a puncture. 3. A pathologist testified that Byrd had been alive and probably conscious until he hit a roadside culvert that sheared his body in two. 4. A pathologist testified that for at least two of those miles, Byrd was conscious and fighting desperately to keep his head off the pavement. 5. A pathologist testified that Benton fought for her life while being beaten and stabbed. 6. During the trial, pathologists testified hyoid bones are broken far more often in manual strangulations than during hangings. 7. A forensic pathologist testified McMillen died by drowning because of water found in her lungs. 8. A pathologist testified earlier that the four victims were shot at pointblank range, the three men dying instantly and Kathleen Clever bleeding slowly to death. 9. A pathologist testified Byrd was alive until his head and right arm were severed from his torso, which was dumped across from a black cemetery northeast of Jasper. 10. A precise cause of death cannot be determined for German backpacker Anja Habschied because her decapitated skull has never been found, a pathologist testified Tuesday. |