dead in bed, where a fire had been placed and slowly burnt and charred
her lower limbs, belly, chest, and right hand. A running noose around
her neck. Injuries of head; face livid; tongue between teeth; brain
normal; mark of cord slight; subcutaneous tissue infiltrated with
blood. Marks of pressure on chest; bloody froth in trachea; lungs
congested; heart contained fluid blood. Opinion given that she had
been struck on head, causing unconsciousness; then partly stranded and
partly suffocated by pressure on neck and chest. Body afterward burnt
to cover up the crime.