The Three Small Puncture Wounds in JFK's Right Cheek: Proof of a Second Gunman

[Royell Storing]

 Just my opinion, but to me, there is Only 1 kind of "testimony" and that is "Sworn Testimony". To me, an "interview" usually results in "note taking" or a "summation" after the fact. This being debatable. There is No claiming that "testimony" is equivalent to an "interview". 

[Lance Payette]

HSCA witness interviews were generally not under oath. In legal practice, interviews generally are not. If anything, the interview will later be used by the attorney to prepare an affidavit for the witness to sign. There is no indication in the HSCA transcript that Robinson was under oath. Purdy reminds him at the beginning that a tape recorder is running - he does not add "and you are under oath."

The meeting with the ARRB was clearly not under oath. It is documented only by Horne's "Meeting Report." The attendees are indicated on page 1. There is no indication the meeting was taped. No transcript was made. If Robinson had been put under oath, his interview would have been taped so verbatim statements could later be incorporated into the report if needed. If there had been a tape or transcript, Horne's lengthy summary would have been completely unnecessary.

I have been unable to find any indication that Robinson's marked-up photo showing the cheek punctures was even preserved. Surely, much ado about nothing.

For the cheek punctures, we have only Horne's notes and terminology, and even they suggest nothing spectacular or that Horne regarded them as anything spectacular. The whole point of embalming fluid is to fully penetrate the tissue so as to preserve it. I at least picture very inconsequential holes that no one else noticed and that Robinson himself didn't notice until he saw that embalming fluid was seeping through. It seems from my reading that embalming fluid seeping through tissue and unobserved outlets during the embalming process - and even after - is common. Surely, much ado about nothing.

I have no idea what Robinson was all about. In later interviews, he seems credible and sincere and not a publicity hound. He is simply an outlier, like many JFKA witnesses and some eyewitnesses in every case. FWIW, here's a short 2006 video interview with Robinson in which he comes across (to me) as fairly credible.

[Royell Storing]

     I seriously doubt that an every day Zit, Wart, Cut from shaving, etc, would permit embalming fluid seepage on JFK's cheek/face. Robinson also mentioned that every bone in JFK's Face was broken. I think Robinson also made mention that bruising around an eye was beginning to show. Personally, I believe that ALL of what Tom Robinson described in the JFK Face area is the result of the JFK Body having been dropped, fallen off the table, etc. This could have even happened at Parkland Hospital before the JFK body was placed inside the ceremonial casket.   

[Lance Payette]

     I seriously doubt that an every day Zit, Wart, Cut from shaving, etc, would permit embalming fluid seepage on JFK's cheek/face. Robinson also mentioned that every bone in JFK's Face was broken. I think Robinson also made mention that bruising around an eye was beginning to show. Personally, I believe that ALL of what Tom Robinson described in the JFK Face area is the result of the JFK Body having been dropped, fallen off the table, etc. This could have even happened at Parkland Hospital before the JFK body was placed inside the ceremonial casket.   

And so what? As you seemingly always do, you weave speculation out of the thin air. If JFK's body actually were dropped, presumably someone would have noticed and mentioned that fact somewhere along the line (or was this yet another "conspiracy"?). And if it was dropped - well, so what? This would have nothing to do with Michael's goofy theory about windshield shards from a frontal shot.

If you can stomach it, Google (or AI) "embalming fluid seeping or oozing during embalming process." It can even occur because the skin is unusually thin due to the decedent's use of certain drugs. (Corticosteroids are the primary treatment for Addison's disease, and thinning of the skin is one of the primary side-effects.) There is absolutely no reason to think that Robinson's observation of embalming fluid seeping from previously unobserved spots of some sort - on a body that had been shot in the head, treated in an emergency room (including a tracheotomy), flown across the entire country, and autopsied - is anything but the proverbial nothingburger.

[Royell Storing]

        Per Tom Robinson, ALL the bones in JFK's face were broken and Bruising was just beginning to show around the eye. There are claims of JFK's body being: (1) inside a Body Bag, and (2) delivered within a cheap metal shipping casket. The explanation for all of this is that the body was moved and dropped in the process. This shattered ALL of his facial bones and bruised an eye.