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This is the part I don't fully understand: He ran over her head. Think about that for a moment. Maybe it helps to visualize it if you know they have a sloping driveway.
If I'm backing my van out of our sloped driveway without giving it gas, the van stops when it reaches an irregularity in the sidewalk. I then have to apply gas to get it to continue backing.
Heads are a little different from, say, ripe cantaloupe. Or a 1 1/2 inch defect in the sidewalk. He really didn't "feel" any resistance when the wheel made contact with her skull?
This is the part I don't fully understand: He ran over her head. Think about that for a moment. Maybe it helps to visualize it if you know they have a sloping driveway.
If I'm backing my van out of our sloped driveway without giving it gas, the van stops when it reaches an irregularity in the sidewalk. I then have to apply gas to get it to continue backing.
Heads are a little different from, say, ripe cantaloupe. Or a 1 1/2 inch defect in the sidewalk. He really didn't "feel" any resistance when the wheel made contact with her skull?
No s**t.
Also sure she fell and her head was in direct line with the tire. Sure.
I can only hope she was a shrew who deserved it because I am certain this was murder.
I never walk behind a car if I can help it. I mean, if I get out of a car in the driveway, or someone drops me off out front, I walk around the front of the car even if it is farther to walk. To me it just seems sensible and also a courtesy to the driver.
Yes, me too. The parking lot at my work doesn't allow for that, however, and also doesn't have sidewalks through the part where I usually park/walk - but I always scan the cars first, and if anyone is even sitting in their car (looking like they're about to leave), I will stop and wait or make a large circle around them. I don't trust anyone to see me in their rear-view, especially given how many drivers just back up without looking! I'm not blaming the woman here, mind you; just sayin'.
A coroner is not going to be able to tell if a person who died from being run over was on accident or on purpose. I agree that this story does have a stink to it.
Coroner, or medical examiner? A coroner, who could be anything from the local undertaker to a milkman, may not be able to tell. A medical examiner should be able to say that there are indications of a homicide -- like the mark of his fist on the wife's jaw, or a dent from a crowbar on the back of her skull -- underlying the tire tread marks on her head. The tire marks themselves would show up very differently depending on whether she was alive or dead when they were put there. You can't bruise a dead body, for instance. Injuries inflicted on a living person show histamines collected around the injury; those don't happen when the person is already dead. Or there might bee footprints showing that she struggled with someone in the snow before she died. Stuff like that.
Coroner, or medical examiner? A coroner, who could be anything from the local undertaker to a milkman, may not be able to tell. A medical examiner should be able to say that there are indications of a homicide -- like the mark of his fist on the wife's jaw, or a dent from a crowbar on the back of her skull -- underlying the tire tread marks on her head. The tire marks themselves would show up very differently depending on whether she was alive or dead when they were put there. You can't bruise a dead body, for instance. Injuries inflicted on a living person show histamines collected around the injury; those don't happen when the person is already dead. Or there might bee footprints showing that she struggled with someone in the snow before she died. Stuff like that.
Well, of course. I'm assuming the only signs of injury were made by the car running over her. If he had found evidence of murder than running over her I'm sure the husband would have been charged.
Why? Eyes and Necks are standard equipment on humans. Why not use them?
Too bad Brains are an option.
Let's say a 3-foot tall (or shorter) toddler is walking or standing directly behind your car, below the top of the trunk. You check your rearview mirror and see nothing. You check both of your side mirrors and look over your shoulders. You see nothing. A logical, reasonable person would put his car in reverse like he normally does. Then a horrible tragedy happens.
Let's say a 3-foot tall (or shorter) toddler is walking or standing directly behind your car, below the top of the trunk. You check your rearview mirror and see nothing. You check both of your side mirrors and look over your shoulders. You see nothing. A logical, reasonable person would put his car in reverse like he normally does. Then a horrible tragedy happens.
Backup cameras save lives.
Try telling that to the Luddites. It's amazing how many people over in the Automotive forum refuse to use their backup cameras. I wouldn't be surprised if some tape over their camera lens.
Yes, me too. The parking lot at my work doesn't allow for that, however, and also doesn't have sidewalks through the part where I usually park/walk - but I always scan the cars first, and if anyone is even sitting in their car (looking like they're about to leave), I will stop and wait or make a large circle around them. I don't trust anyone to see me in their rear-view, especially given how many drivers just back up without looking! I'm not blaming the woman here, mind you; just sayin'.
I do the same when walking in a parking lot like that.
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