Scordi-Bello identified blunt-impact head injuries and hypothermia, with manner of death undetermined.
What the record shows
Medical testimony addressed the posterior head wound, fractures, facial findings, and right-arm abrasions. Wolf explained that orbital bruising can follow skull injury. Laposata disputed aspects of the proposed ground-impact and spoiler mechanisms.
Laposata specifically disputed hypothermia as a cause of death and a fall onto flat ground as the cause of the posterior head wound. She interpreted that wound as indicating an impact against a ridged object. Those were disputed expert opinions; they do not identify an actual object, location, or assailant.
Limits and disputed context
A medical finding and an opinion about the object or sequence that caused it are distinct. The experts did not agree on one complete injury sequence.
S11: Scordi-Bello: autopsy findings and undetermined manner
Medical examiner testimony
Open publisher sourceS10: Hanley: glass and plastic; Wolf: head-injury testimony
1:05 p.m. and 3:05 p.m. updates; Hanley comparisons
Open publisher sourceS24: Laposata and Rentschler discuss injury mechanisms
Defense medical and biomechanical testimony
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