Evidence: Coroner's Summary Report

OFFICE OF THE CORONER OF YOKNAPATAWPHA COUNTY AUTOPSY REPORT - SUMMARY Name: Presented as John Doe #7, later identified as Andrew Fine DOB: 10/17/64 (according to driver's license records) Age: 40 (according to driver's license records) Gender: M Height: 5' 10" (according to driver's license records) Weight: 170 lbs. (according to driver's license records) Path MD: J. Johnson Type: COR Autopsy No: 124G-2003 Estimated Death Date: N/A Autopsy Date: 7/15/03 @ 15:00   Sheriff's Case No: 002167-14G-2003   Detailed reports on file.   EXTERNAL EXAMINATION - SUMMARY: The subject presented consists exclusively of a human right hand. The hand is that of a Caucasian male. It measures 19 centimeters from the tip of the middle finger to the point of separation and weighs 907 grams. It is unembalmed and in the early stages of putrefaction. The hand is coated with a light layer of soil. Soil samples were collected and submitted for analysis. Callused palm and lower fingers indicates subject did manual labor. Fingernail scrapings were collected and submitted for analysis. Rate of decomposition and indication that the hand had been buried for an undetermined period suggest it has not been intact with the body for an estimated 7 - 14 days. There are no residual scars, markings or tattoos. Fingerprint comparison identified the hand as that of Andrew Fine of Oxford, MS. DESCRIPTION OF INJURIES - SUMMARY: 1. Complete distal radius and ulna fractures. Opinion: This is a non-fatal injury. 2. Traumatic amputation of the right hand just below the wrist. Opinion: This is a non-fatal injury. Amputation was effected with a moderately sharp, non-serrated blade. INTERNAL EXAMINATION - SUMMARY: Excluding Injuries 1 and 2 above, no additional injuries or trauma were noted. TOXICOLOGIC STUDIES: Blood Ethanol: N/A   Urine Drugs: N/A   Clinicopathologic Correlation: N/A   EVIDENCE COLLECTED: 1. Sample of Blood (type O+). 2. Two autopsy photographs. 3. One postmortem x-ray. CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A MECHANISM OF DEATH: N/A MANNER OF DEATH: N/A REMARKS: Traumatic amputation of this type typically is not fatal. However, condition of the hand and stage of decomposition suggest a fatality may be associated with the hand, though not likely resulting from the amputation. //Jennifer Johnson, M.D. Coroner 7/16/03