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BklnDem75

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15. At the side of your right temple?

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #14)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 05:46 PM

Aug 2012

He's dead with his hands behind his back, not an awkward position where it looks like he was reaching for something. Nobody's pulling off this angle without assistance.

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And shot himself in the right temple? No gun found? BklnDem75 Aug 2012 #4

Gun found, see upthread. nt msanthrope Aug 2012 #9

Still doesn't explain the angle BklnDem75 Aug 2012 #11

Well, if I'm trying to get to a gun that is in my nether regions, or thereabouts, msanthrope Aug 2012 #14

At the side of your right temple? BklnDem75 Aug 2012 #15

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