Proctor likewise asked the pathologist if the head injury might have been triggered by a baseball bat, according to his notes in the report. She stated no, he composed, however then when asked if a bat being held out the window of a moving automobile might have triggered the very same injury, she stated, ‘Well, I think it’s possible.'”
She likewise called her findings “preliminary,” the report continued, and informed Proctor that it depended on him to determine what, precisely, hit Stephen.
Proctor likewise kept in mind in the MAIT report that Hampton County Coroner Ernie Washington— who, per the report, was amongst the private investigators who saw Stephen’s body at the scene of the occurrence– informed him on Aug 18, 2015, that he disagreed with the conclusion that Stephen was struck by a moving automobile.
(Presnell, who is now director of the pathology department at the Medical University of South Carolina, has actually not commented on the restored examination of her findings in the Smith case, however another physician she assisted train informed The State recently that coroners are the ones who speak openly and pathologists do not typically talk about cases unless they’re contacted us to affirm in court.)
