THE THIRD BULLET WOUND, SECOND Head Shot
Photo F8 shows
a .45 cal. bullet entry above the right ear. It was the THIRD SHOT TO HIT JFK
and second shot to the head as determined by the skin tear leading to it from
the last headshot at the right temple. This shot had to occur about Z 312 and
almost simultaneous with the last shot. The fact that the skin tear ends at the
.45 wound indicates that the .45 wound occurred had to occur before the right
temple wound which caused the skin tear between Z 312-313. This .45 cal entry
shot appears to be the objective of photo F8 because it is center frame, well
lighted and near the ruler. It is about ½ inch above and left of the left upper
corner of the ruler. It is the size of the Dr.’s fingers or 11 mm in dia. or
½ inch, which is about the size of a .45 cal. bullet entry wound. The ruler is
3 cm wide. The skin edges are beveled inward in a circular shape. A compression
ring from a bullet entry is seen in the skin. The bullet scraping against the
skin caused this compression ring. The skin was pulled into the skull bone
inward beveling and compressed forming the rings. Light is not seen passing
through the hole due to hair and lighting position but a dark circular hole is
seen in the skin. The F8 skin tear across the right temple is consistent with
photo F1 and Groden’s right profile photo G1. Deputy Sheriff Rodger Craig
identifies a .45 cal bullet being recovered at the manhole cover on South Elm
St. not in his “officially reported Warren Commission testimony” but in
several films and books {Mark Lane, Two Men in Dallas, Jim Garrison Tapes}. He
claims to have reported it to the Commission but they failed to record it. The
recovered bullet was photographed by the news media. Thus this wound is presumed
to be from a .45 because the photo cannot be used for precise determination of
caliber. This compression ring could only have been caused by a large bore
bullet entering the head. This structure is not the ear canal. The
compression ring is thicker near the ruler or back and thinner towards the front
of the head. This suggests the possibility that this shot came from an angle
slightly behind but almost due right of JFK [perhaps a 70º angle of entry
instead of 90º but it could have come from the front because JFK’s head is
turned to the left at Z 312].
See
High Treason 2 page 335, Zapruder frames 313-314. Zapruder is almost at a true
90º perpendicular to the car and JFK. JFK’s head is looking left and
downward. Notice the white streak from the top of JFK’s head. The object is
moving fast about 100+ feet per second thus causing the streaking effect in 1/18th
of a second. So fast that it shows up as a streak instead of an object. It is
tumbling as indicated by the larger darker dots in the streak. The dark dots are
roughly the size of JFK’s earlobes or ½ inch, which is roughly the size of a
.45 cal. bullet. (Shutter speed 1/60 sec. frame speed 18.1 sec., streak is 2 ft.
or 7 ear lengths long with 4 revolutions.) It is not going straight up but
forward of the car about 75 degrees. The streak is white/gray due to the color
of lead and brain and the speed of the drops. The sun is at 55 degrees casting
shadows to the north at 15 degrees and east thus it reflects light towards
Zapruder. [According to Dr. Fetzer, Assassination Science, p 294, the speed is
135 ft/sec with a maximum ascent of 252 feet with a total flight time of 8
seconds. This is not fast for an exiting bullet.] As discussed above the only
object found in front of the fatal headshots was the reported .45 cal. slug on
top of the ground near the manhole, seen in Z 384-400 on the south side of Elm,
a distance of about 80 feet, by Foster, Walthers, Craig and photographed by the
news media. A picture of the bullet was published in the Fort Worth Star
Telegram Evening Edition Nov. 23, 1963. The slug was taken by an unknown FBI
agent, [possibly Robert M. Barret]. [The HSCA test fired a .45 cal. bullet from
a position near Zapruder during its re-enactments but in error concluded that it
did not strike JFK if it was fired.]
Conclusion: A .45 cal bullet was fired from a position almost in line
with Zapruder to JFK. Dealey Plaza photos indicate that a CIA assassination
camera with a built in .45 cal. gun could have been used to conceal the shooter
in plan view because he would appear to be taking pictures. Otherwise the
shooter was behind Zapruder near the building. The .45 struck JFK above the
right ear. The answer would help in determining the location of this shooter.
Another bullet then stuck JFK’s head and the .45 is seen leaving the head in Z
314. The .45 bullet was photographed and recovered at the manhole.