[mort999]

Monday afternoon (7/10/13) a man found his 64 years old sister in her home in a pool of blood. The house was locked, so he had to break down the door to get in.

Apart from the dead woman - with cut wounds on her neck and a headwound - two knives and a hammer was found, all bloody.

The question is, whether somebody cut her and smashed the hammer into her skull, left and locked the house from inside (a classic situation, as you'll know from Agatha Christie and several other writers of crimestories ) - or she tried to suicide by cutting herself and the fell and hit some furniture on her way down.

It belongs to the story that she was alcoholic, depressed and had talked about suicide a few days before - but also that the police so far doesn't outrule the locked door mystery until they get the result of the autopsy.

[Vedderman]

I'd be a lot more fucking concerned about the bloodied hammer all gunked up with brain matter and busted skull than about any 'locked door' red herring if I were the policia on this case. ;)

[Vedderman]

Originally Posted by mort999 ↗

You are right, and I'm glad that I didn't trust google, which reads: "two bloody knives and a hammer", while the portuguese text reads: "duas facas e um martelo ensanguentados", which to the best of my knowledge means that also the hammer was bloody.

It might be interesting as well that according to the text, the police as well as we will have to wait no less than 30 days for the result of the autopsy It might be a typo, but anyway.

In several years of searching Brazilian news sites for gore, I have never seen a single piece of ice nor electric cooling chamber. Plastic bags, plastic coffins, and plastic liners in the beds of pickup trucks.

I hope it was a typo, because if they're relying on her body being more than a pile of sludge in some 'coroner's' Hefty bag 30 days from now, they're whistlin Dixie.

[Kelseecat65]

At least she died on a clean white floor, a rarity. Some dude in a neighboring city committed suicide 20 some years ago - at least according to the coroner - over 20 blows to the head with a hammer

[gatagato]

This is one of the most interesting cases i've ever seen here on DR, she was stabbed in both front and rear of her neck, two diff knives were found at the scene; I guess that they mean that it will need up to (if not more) 30 days to get the results of the whole postmortem analisys process, including forensic toxicology tests and analysis of DNA samples: in this case it would make perfectly sense.
It's stuff that is supposed be subject to use in a court of law;
However, it's up to the investigatagators to interrogate her brother, and find out whether he is in some way related to the crime, possibly using punches, kicks, food and water deprivation, so maybe the results will come much more quickly.

[Vedderman]

Originally Posted by gatagato ↗

I guess that they mean that it will need up to (if not more) 30 days to get the results of the whole postmortem analisys process, including forensic toxicology tests and analysis of DNA samples: in this case it would make perfectly sense.

Indeed. Even here in the US it can take several weeks for a tox screen and MEs are loathe to release any info at all about the postmortem until that shit gets back from the lab. And DNA results? Don't even think about it. All that 'Put a rush on it for me, baby' horseshit from CSI:Miami and Law & order is total hokum. Biochemistry takes time no matter how quickly the cops, the prosecutor, or the victim's family want the results.

[blancadon]

Quincy is needed on the case.

[FavaBeans]

From the looks of the house ....all you would have to do is kick a wall and your in or out

[khathryn]

Originally Posted by Kelseecat65 ↗

At least she died on a clean white floor, a rarity. Some dude in a neighboring city committed suicide 20 some years ago - at least according to the coroner - over 20 blows to the head with a hammer

Clean? Do you SEE all that blood?

Teehee

[jbell0129]

hey man,, what a sight to walk in on..