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How about this crazy idea: The first two shots were the ones near the center line of the body. After absorbing those shots, Betty Lou's erector muscles on the right side contracted to "guard" her back and her torso consequently twisted to the right as she ran. This placed the lateral part of the right side of her back closer to the shooter and also exposed that portion of her back to him while making the previously exposed midline more difficult to hit. It also made the trajectory of a straight shot from the rear have a definite right to left component due solely to the position of her body despite the fact that she was still running away from the shooter in a straight line. There are two shots that exited near the midline, with three being more right to left in trajectory. This scenario makes more sense than imagining that she was running from side to side like a duck in a shooting gallery. People are not stick figures and can twist, turn, bend and contort when being shot at.

My friend Jim Dean is a certified firearms expert who always reminds me that .22 and .25 slugs can readily deflect and bang around once they get inside a body, especially if they nick a bone. They can really travel from the stories he told me yesterday. That can also account for some of these deflected shots. That is also why I have always been reluctant to try to match the entry wounds with the exits on BLJ, since it may not be as linear and left-brained as we think and shots may not have traveled in nice straight lines.

Mike

mike_r wrote:That is also why I have always been reluctant to try to match the entry wounds with the exits on BLJ, since it may not be as linear and left-brained as we think and shots may not have traveled in nice straight lines.

Fair point, that.