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And her nose and suffocated her. >> in light of the confession, forensic pathologist dr. mary case examined the skull. she studied the small wound on the back of the skull and concluded that it was not the result of an accident, but rather, the result of blunt trauma to the head. >> this is a very limited area. it's pushed inward. and we tend to see this kind of depressed skull fracture when you strike the head with something that has very forceful impact over a very small striking surface. a hammer would be a good example of something that could do that. it is a tool. it is meant to strike. a...

Tina's parents insisted her death was in self-defense because she had attacked them with a knife. tina's father was covered in blood. and had cuts on his hands which he said were defensive wounds that resulted from his daughter's knife attack. >> when i reviewed a little bit of history i knew at the time, it sounded extremely suspicious to me. >> medical examiners have long referred to the autopsy as the silent witness. a way for the victim to tell her story. things that the suspects in a crime usually leave out. at tina's autopsy, forensic pathologist dr. philip burch started his examination ...

It. so investigators turned to another set of pictures, the ones taken during donna's autopsy. they were analyzed by forensic pathologist dr. barbara weakley- jones. she noticed two things which were barely mentioned in the original autopsy. wounds on the back of donna's hands, but not on her palms. and her fingernails were broken. >> she is up like this, and she is grabbing hold of the edge, the nails would break off. well the same -- you should then have abrasions on the palm surface of your hands as you're going down, and she did not have that. all of her injuries are on the back of her han...

In her coke. but it's speculation. >> but there was no way to prove it. so investigators turned to another set of pictures, the ones taken during donna's autopsy. they were analyzed by forensic pathologist dr. barbara weekly jones. she noticed two things which were barely mentioned in the original autopsy, wounds on the back of donna's hands, but not on her palms, and her fingernails were broken. >> she is up like this, and she is grabbing hold of the edge, the nails would break off. you should then have abrasions on the palm surface of your hands as you're going down, and she did not have tha...

It. so investigators turned to another set of pictures, the ones taken during donna's autopsy. they were analyzed by forensic pathologist dr. barbara weekly jones. she noticed two things which were barely mentioned in the original autopsy, wounds on the back of donna's hands, but not on her palms, and her fingernails were broken. >> she is up like this, and she is grabbing hold of the edge, the nails would break off. you should then have abrasions on the palm surface of your hands as you're going down, and she did not have that. all of her injuries are on the back of her hands. >> why would so...