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O'Keefe Right Arm Wound Photo — Primary
Right-arm photograph showing linear scratches, parallel furrows and contusions, admitted as Trial 1 Exhibit 19 and Trial 2 Exhibit 1 and shown to fact and expert witnesses.
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Central to expert testimony in both trials, the photograph figured in differing opinions about the arm injuries. Dr. Scordi-Bello described the broader vehicle-strike scenario as both likely and unlikely depending on body and vehicle position, but declined an opinion on whether the arm injury was caused by a vehicle because she was not a reconstruction or biomechanics expert. Dr. Russell testified, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that the injuries resulted from dog bites and/or claw marks. Dr. Rentschler testified that the tail-light findings were inconsistent with striking the arm and later said he did not think O'Keefe was hit by the car.
A photograph of wounds and patterned abrasions on John O'Keefe's right arm, admitted as Trial Exhibit 19 in the first trial and Exhibit 1 in the second trial. The image shows linear scratch marks, parallel furrows, and contusions running from below the shoulder toward the elbow area. It was the central arm-injury exhibit shown to virtually every fact witness and expert witness across both trials.