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Pastimes : Murder Mystery: Who Killed Yale Student Suzanne Jovin?
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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (211)1/10/2000 7:02:00 PM
From: James R. Barrett  Read Replies (1) of 1397
 
"2. Is it probable that someone with 17 stab wounds and a slit throat could have walked even a few steps in that condition let alone more than half a mile (from Jim's house)? I say, next to impossible."

Wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!It is very possible under the following conditions.

1. The weapon was a pocket knife with a 3" or less blade.
2. The cut to the throat did not sever the carotid artery or the juggular vein.
3. The wounds to the head did not sever any arteries in the brain.
4. The wounds were straight in puncture type wounds rather than slashing wounds.

Because the blade broke off in her skull I am fairly certain it was a pocket knife with a case hardened carbon steel blade or possibly a hardened alloy steel blade. A stainless steel blade would have simply bent. Most kitchen knives are made from stainless steel. A hunting knife would not have broken off.

Even with 17 stab wounds she could have traveled quite a distance as long as no major arteries were severed.

Jim
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