Introduction

From the beginning, Baldwin County prosecutors needed this to be a gun killing because a gunshot was the only way they could pull this case into Alabama. Mississippi had already identified strangulation as the cause of death, which kept the crime in Mississippi and outside Baldwin County’s reach. A gun theory gave Alabama the illusion of jurisdiction and the power to take a case that was never theirs.

So they forced a firearm narrative that never existed in the science.
They told the jury a later autopsy had not ruled out a gun.
They suggested Mississippi missed something.
They implied Alabama found something new.

None of this was true.

Only One Real Autopsy

Only one real autopsy was ever performed in this case.
Dr Paul McGarry conducted a complete forensic autopsy in Mississippi on April 12 2003. The transcript from pages 827 to 867 confirms his findings.

What Dr McGarry documented
• Cause of death was ligature strangulation
• The hyoid bone was broken
• The internal injuries were consistent with asphyxia
• There was no bullet track
• There was no projectile path
• There was no evidence of any gunshot wound

This was the only legitimate autopsy.
Mississippi provided the science.
Alabama provided none.

What Alabama did not do
• Alabama never performed an autopsy
• No Alabama medical examiner testified
• No Alabama death certificate exists
• No Alabama cause of death exists

Even with this record, the prosecution repeatedly implied that a later autopsy existed.
There was not.

What Really Happened in Alabama

The body was exhumed in Baldwin County between May 9 and 13.
Alabama DFS opened the casket, viewed the remains and collected samples.
They performed only a superficial visual exam, not a forensic autopsy.

What Alabama DFS actually recorded
• No bullet wound
• No skull fracture
• No projectile path
• No cause of death
• No forensic conclusions of any kind

These findings were not disclosed to the defense.
This was a Brady violation.

Transcript proof
On pages 1591 to 1592, McGowan falsely claimed the Alabama exam was a second Mississippi autopsy.
That was impossible.
He was describing Alabama’s limited visual inspection.

The prosecution blurred Mississippi and Alabama to mislead the jury.

How the Jury Was Misled

Whetstone pressured Dr McGarry with extreme hypotheticals about gunshot.
McGarry reluctantly acknowledged that anything is possible in theory,
but then stated in clear language:

“I cannot honestly say I have evidence that this is a gunshot.”

Even with this statement, the prosecution told the jury that a later autopsy had not ruled out gunshot.
They presented the science as uncertain even though the only real autopsy left no doubt.

There was no later autopsy.
There was no gunshot.
There was no forensic basis for the story the jury was told.

The Truth

The only real autopsy proved strangulation.
Alabama never performed an autopsy and never produced any medical evidence to support a gunshot story.
Mississippi documented the truth.
Alabama buried it.
The prosecution replaced science with speculation and hid the evidence that disproved their theory.