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OK, I'll let it go after this: When you think about it, the murder claim, like so much lunatic fringe CT stuff, fails the most basic "What sense would that have made?" test. Lee Bowers is whacked on a remote highway almost three years after the JFKA after saying everything he possibly could have said about it - on camera with Mark Lane, no less - but Ruth Paine lives to be 123 and Marina is still with us. Virtually none of the "mystery deaths," including Pitzer, makes any sense.
Pitzer wasn't even at the autopsy. Many who actually were lived long lives and spoke freely, some making wild CT-oriented claims. Dennis David lived until 2017. What could Pitzer possibly have said that others who weren't murdered couldn't have said? He was retiring after an impeccable 30-year Navy career to teach at a podunk junior college. "Yeah, let's eliminate him now, three years after the JFKA." WHY? What sense would that make? "And let's not just eliminate him, but let's do it in his work area at the Bethesda National Naval Medical Center on a Saturday. We'll somehow do it within minutes after he is seen buying cigarettes at the Navy Exchange Building, where he is teased by a woman about his sloppy appearance." WHY? What sense would that make?
Think, people. Don't just do what characters like MTG do - seize upon all sorts of dubious "facts" while ignoring that the entire premise of murder simply MAKES NO SENSE. Granted, my scenario is highly iffy at best, but at least it MAKES SENSE.
Oh, the "negative paraffin test" that MTG thinks is big stuff? Allan Eaglesham once thought so as well. Here is a 2006 post from the Ed Forum where he explains his mistake, which also give you some idea of the level at which he dived into the Pitzer suicide:
1. NEGATIVE PARAFFIN TEST
In discussing this aspect previously [1], I made the assumption that a dermal nitrate test was referred to in the FBI report; in the early 1960s, "paraffin test" and "dermal nitrate test" were synonymous. With closer inspection of the hand-written laboratory notes (see Figure), I realized that I was in error.
The autopsy doctors prepared paraffin casts of the palm and back of LCDR Pitzer's right hand, presumably expecting them to be used for dermal-nitrate analysis, unaware that the FBI had since replaced this test for analysis of gunshot-residue metals barium (Ba) and antimony (Sb) by flame atomic absorption spectroscopy. For the latter test, acid-moistened cotton swabs are taken directly from the skin. It appears that the laboratory technician did what he could to collect samples from the surfaces of the paraffin casts, concentrating on dark particles 1-4 from the back of the hand and dark particles 5-8 from the palm, none of which tested positively for barium or antimony. The technician was strictly truthful in saying, "Examination of (the) paraffin cast reflected no substance characteristic of, or which could be associated with, gunpowder or gunshot residue," but clearly this was not the whole story. The assay was not performed properly and there was the clear possibility of false negative results. Most significantly, however, the cast from the back of the hand revealed the presence of "large amounts of blood, skin, and hair" (see Figure). Blowback of tissues had occurred from the entry wound onto the back of the hand, some of which had been immobilized in the paraffin cast. The right hand had, indeed, been close to the right temple at the moment of discharge.
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