Subject: Aguilar's "Back of the Head" Witnesses - 4
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 15:24:12 GMT
From: jmcadams@primenet.com (John McAdams)
Organization: Marquette University
Newsgroups: alt.assassination.jfk
Followup-To: alt.assassination.jfk

Gary Aguilar claims to have examined the testimony of 46 witnesses to
Kennedy's head wound, at both Parkland and Bethesda, and found that 44
of the 46 described the head wound as contradicting the photos and
x-rays of the autopsy as they exist in the National Archives.

So does Gary have 44 "back of the head" witnesses?  And are his 46
witnesses selected so as to avoid witnesses who placed the wound at
the top of the head, or the side of the head?

Let's take one example:

The following quotes from Aguilar are taken from:

http://www.assassinationweb.com/ag6.htm

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

20) CAPTAIN JOHN STOVER - then Commanding Officer of the National
Naval Medical School, he gave no description of the skull wound to the
Warren Commission. (The Pathology Department was under the
jurisdiction of the school.) The HSCA's Mark Flanagan reported that
he interviewed him and, "Stover observed...a wound on the top of the
head...".(HSCA Document received from C. Cunningham, 10-22-92)

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The interesting thing about this is the fact that Aguilar could
classify a witness who quite clearly said "top of the head" as a "back
of the head" witness.

As for Stover's testimony, either Aguilar is slightly misquoting it,
or there is another Stover document that I don't have.  My interview
(Record Number 180-10117-10087, Agency File number 015053) says that
"Stover recalled seeing . . . a severe wound to the top of the head."

Regardless, Stover is a "top of the head" witness, not a "back of the
head witness."

.John

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