Accident Reconstructionist

A recreation puts Harold's version of events to the test. Nothing. So let me put a little pressure this way. Nothing.

A recreation puts Harold's version of events to the test. Nothing. So let me put a little pressure this way. Nothing.

You can't replicate it the way he says it happened.

You can't replicate it the way he says it happened.

Accident reconstruction is sort of like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. You take the pieces of information and factual information and try to put them together to see if they fit. Where was the vehicle positioned? What's the terrain look like? You look at the gravel surface that this Jeep was parked on.

Accident reconstruction is sort of like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. You take the pieces of information and factual information and try to put them together to see if they fit. Where was the vehicle positioned? What's the terrain look like? You look at the gravel surface that this Jeep was parked on.

We're going to replicate with this exemplar vehicle the layout of all the physical evidence. That includes the lug nuts, the positioning of the bottle jacks, and then hopefully also replicate the vehicle's movement off of the bottle jacks. Yeah, there you go.

We're going to replicate with this exemplar vehicle the layout of all the physical evidence. That includes the lug nuts, the positioning of the bottle jacks, and then hopefully also replicate the vehicle's movement off of the bottle jacks. Yeah, there you go.

But look at the time interval. From the time he picks up the flat tire, goes roughly 12 feet to the back corner to put the tire in, she moves closer to the vehicle, then drops the lug nuts, allegedly, and then gets down on her stomach and crawls up underneath.

But look at the time interval. From the time he picks up the flat tire, goes roughly 12 feet to the back corner to put the tire in, she moves closer to the vehicle, then drops the lug nuts, allegedly, and then gets down on her stomach and crawls up underneath.

So, I mean, that timing just doesn't make sense because it would take more time, I believe, for her to do all of those activities than it would for him to come around and put the tire in the back of the Jeep.

So, I mean, that timing just doesn't make sense because it would take more time, I believe, for her to do all of those activities than it would for him to come around and put the tire in the back of the Jeep.

The other inconsistency is both the medical people as well as the coroner's office, when they did the autopsy, there was nothing in her fingernails. There was nothing on her hands indicating that she was struggling.

The other inconsistency is both the medical people as well as the coroner's office, when they did the autopsy, there was nothing in her fingernails. There was nothing on her hands indicating that she was struggling.

You'd probably place it in. Nothing. So let me put a little pressure this way.

You'd probably place it in. Nothing. So let me put a little pressure this way.

Lowering the bottle jack.

Lowering the bottle jack.

Oh!

Oh!

That's it? That's it.

That's it? That's it.

You can't replicate it the way he says it happened.

You can't replicate it the way he says it happened.

When Laura Thomas got our report and finished her investigation, she changed the official cause of death from accidental to indeterminate on the death certificate and reissued it.

When Laura Thomas got our report and finished her investigation, she changed the official cause of death from accidental to indeterminate on the death certificate and reissued it.

The city is cold.

The city is cold.