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Eli Thomas Jefferson was a 34-year-old never married, unemployed man who lived with his female roommate He was reported to be a chronic alcoholic A statement made by his roommate indicated that he had received a deep cut under his left arm and several smaller cuts to his face froe of decomposition and was insect infested with dried blood onwas Merodie in the house with the body?" I asked

"Teeks," G K said

"That’s nuts"

"Yeah, it is"

The decedent had no significant past medical history

A postmortem examination was performed which showed severe fatty metamorphosis of the liver with mild hepatic fibrosis An alcohol analysis was performed on spleen tissue and was 0333 GM/100 GM Examination of the scalp after removal of hair revealed two areas of discoloration and laceration to the back of the head, eachbetween 4 CM and 6 CM Areas are discolored reddish-blue and are characterized by a central contusion/laceration In addition, there was a 2 MM laceration (partial transection) of the brachial artery within the left axilla (ar and inflammation around the wound would indicate that the victim lived 8-12 hours after the wound was received

The death was classified as a Homicide-Accident-Undetermined and attributed to complications of acute blood loss, due to left axilla laceration Acute chronic alcoholisnificant conditions

"In other words, Jefferson died froernail that he could have fixed with a Band-Aid," I said

G K never lifted her eyes from the road

"The blood wouldn’t clot because of the alcohol," she said "He passed out, and while he was out, he bled to death"

"If the sonuvabitch had been even close to sober"

I didn’t finish the thought, stopping instead to re-read the words

two areas of discoloration and laceration to the back of the head