Marilyn Sitzman on JFK's Head Wound

[John Mytton]

I think whoever made this graphic may have made some slight errors.

First of all the 14 mark is about half way and should be 15.
Secondly the mastoid process should be a bit higher than the top of the ruler in this graphic, and furthermore as the HSCA pointed out, the mastoid process is movable when compared to surrounding landmarks but I believe the 14cm measurement would logically be taken when JFK was in this position?
Thirdly the ruler is angled slightly downwards and away from Kennedy's head.
Fourthly the autopsy photo doesn't show crystal clear ruler numbers but based on the blurry 1 cm black square at the bottom, I measured about 27 or 28, so the ruler could be 25 cm or perhaps 30?

So taking all this into account the bullet hole being 14cm down from the mastoid process is a close enough fit! But at the end of the day numbers on a page are relatively important for imagining scale but as compared to an actual photograph where we know the dimensions of the person these numbers aren't as important, because as they say a picture is worth a thousand words!



JohnM

[John Mytton]

In other words, you or another "Lone Nutter" created it?

Why does it have to be a "LNer"?

JohnM

[Royell Storing]

Sorry Royell, as they say in the classics, don't bring a knife to a gunfight!



JohnM

   There's no way the trachea/windpipe is located where that Line ends in JFK's CHEST. This frequently happens when trying to connect the Back Wound with the neat little wound in the throat/tie knot.  I've even seen a TV Replication attempt that ended with the bullet bouncing off of the dashboard of the car. It just doesn't work. Never has.

[Royell Storing]

John,

I don't remember seeing an autopsy photo showing the ruler in the upper position (measuring the distance between JFK's mastoid process and the entry wound).

Please freshen my memory on that.

Thanks.

-- Tom

  Extremely Nice "catch" Tom. Sharp eyes and a very Keen memory on your part. This is indicative of after 61+ years, we never know for certain if the image(s) we are looking at have been monkey'd with. 

[Tom Graves]

Extremely Nice "catch" Tom. Sharp eyes and a very Keen memory on your part. This is indicative of after 61+ years, we never know for certain if the image(s) we are looking at have been monkey'd with.

Regardless, the movement of the ruler a few inches in the same plane from one part of the photo to another part of the photo helps us to verify whether or not Boswell's and Humes' measurement of the distance between the entry wound and the lower tip of JFK's mastoid process was correct.

[Jim Hawthorn]

What's with that hole in the occipital region (the back of the skull) - that "ragged, slanting" hole measuring 15 x 6 cm?
It doesn't fit with the notion of a neat rear bullet and the top of his head blasting off.

[Royell Storing]

What's with that hole in the occipital region (the back of the skull) - that "ragged, slanting" hole measuring 15 x 6 cm?
It doesn't fit with the notion of a neat rear bullet and the top of his head blasting off.

   And..........What about the alleged neat little bullet hole in JFK's cowlick area/top of the head? 3 total Bullets, 1 of which is "Lost"? JFK and Gov Connally were riddled with a "flurry", (SA Kellerman WC Testimony description), inside the JFK Limo.