November 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was shot and killed during a presidential motorcade in Dallas, Texas. The President is taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital. By law, Dallas County Coroner Dr. Earl Rose had jurisdiction over the case and should have performed the autopsy. However, against Dr. Earl Rose's protestations, the body of President Kennedy was wrapped in a sheet, placed in a casket with a broken handle, and flown over 1,300 miles away to Washington DC, where 2 naval doctors, who had never conducted a forensic autopsy performed the autopsy on John F. Kennedy. Join Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack as they take a close look at the autopsy that was so bad, 60years later questions are still being asked.
Time Code Highlights
Discussion about the ripple effect of the assassination of JFK
Discussion of the moments following the shooting of JFK in Dealey Plaza
Talk about how autopsy "Standard Procedures" were not followed
Texas state law and jurisdiction over investigation and autopsy
Board Certified Forensic Pathologist Doctor Earl Rose was chief medical examiner for Dallas, Texas at the time and was at Parkland Memorial Hospital
Discussion JFK body taken from Dallas to Washington DC for autopsy
Talk about Secret Service preparing for President trips.
Discussion of JFK physical condition after being shot.
Talk about injuries to JFK, at least 2 gunshot wounds.
Discussion of tracheotomy that was performed to establish an airway
Discussion of Dr. Earl Rose and how his experience was dismissed
Dr. Earl Rose KNEW he was looking at a Murder Investigation.
Discussion Dallas County had jurisdiction over the body.
Talk about autopsy of JFK should have taken place in Dallas
Talk about previous Presidential assassination, Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley and their autopsies.
Discussion of Dr. Earl Rose did the autopsy for Oswald, Officer Tippit, and Jack Ruby.
Discussion of JFK body being taken to Washington DC
Comparing Bethesda Naval Hospital to Walter Reed Hospital
Discussion about doctors chosen to perform JFK autopsy
Talk about why doctors turned bullet wound into tracheostomy
Presidents body wrapped in sheets. Head wrapped in gauze
Discussion of JFK clothing, tie changed the trajectory of round.
Discussion about clothing worn during the assassination
Talk about "magic bullet" going through JFK and Governor Connally,
Discussion Secret Service agents washed interior of Presidential limo.
Talk about crime scenes - bone fragments found and turned in later
Description of President's head, skull came apart in doctors hands.
Discussion of Assessment Talk about x-rays that were done on body
Description of the Bethesda autopsy suite
Ballistics expert Dr. Pierre Fink, forensic pathologist, came to Bethesda
JFK brain was removed before Dr. Fink arrived
Description of "Brain Loafing".
The autopsy of JFK was not a complete autopsy
Discussion of "family wishes" as it applies to the murder of the president.
Compare autopsy of John F. Kennedy and Robert F Kennedy
Discussion about other pathologists available to do autopsy on JFK
No way to know if other injuries suffered by JFK could have been lethal
Commentary - no excuse for what happened with autopsy of JFK
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