The Ophelia Cut
“To this end, Stier called San Francisco’s seventy-seven-year-old medical examiner, John Strout, who, despite his years, was still a very sharp tack indeed. Quite often, Strout’s was uncontested testimony, presented pro forma to a jury without objection. With the shock of Tony’s disappearance roiling through his guts, Hardy was just as happy to sit through this part of the trial, where, for better or worse, he didn’t have much to say anyway.
Thin almost to the point of emaciation, with wispy whi...te hair and wearing a coat two sizes too large, Strout spoke in a deep Southern drawl as he laid out the results of his forensic examination of the body.
“. . . no question as to the cause of death,” he was saying in response to Stier’s question, “which was blunt-force trauma to the head. The only real question was which of the blows did him in, or whether it was some combination.”
“Doctor, can you say with certainty how many times Mr. Jessup was hit?”
“Not ’xactly. From those that left impressions on the skull, I estimate about eight.”MoreLess
Thin almost to the point of emaciation, with wispy whi...te hair and wearing a coat two sizes too large, Strout spoke in a deep Southern drawl as he laid out the results of his forensic examination of the body.
“. . . no question as to the cause of death,” he was saying in response to Stier’s question, “which was blunt-force trauma to the head. The only real question was which of the blows did him in, or whether it was some combination.”
“Doctor, can you say with certainty how many times Mr. Jessup was hit?”
“Not ’xactly. From those that left impressions on the skull, I estimate about eight.”MoreLess
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