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P.A.Kelly
1988
Journal
Mar.25 (cont.)
It was still warm and there was a drop of [illegible]
fresh blood between the ears, under the left
car, and behind the left shoulder. It
doesn't look as if she got whacked by the
trash door, left body on top of the wooden
trash shelter. When I released #1455-56 (the
presumptive mother) on top of the shelter, she
walked around the top a few times - looking
for a way off - but she momentarily smelled
at the body of the jwr. before returning to H. 110.
2319 P.S.T. Hastings Lab. Did an autopsy on the
body of the jwr. #. She was killed by a series
of bites to the head, neck, shoulders and
chest. The pattern of skin punctures
is consistent with infanticide by a
conspecific. There's a large hole in the
left side of the cranium; there's another
significant wound in the chest cavity
just under the left humerus. Another
bite mark on the back of the neck between
the shoulder blades and under the left
ear. lots of smaller skin punctures on the
back + shoulders. I prepared a flat
study skin so that the wound sites
would be more obvious (Cat# P.K.177). I
am also keeping the complete skeleton
and tissues from the liver, heart + kidneys