Sandra Bland Autopsy Finds No Injuries Consistent With Violent Homicide

This Wednesday July 22, 2015 photo shows the inside of the Waller County jail in Hempstead, Texas. Sandra Bland was arrested and taken to the jail about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Houston on July 10 and f... This Wednesday July 22, 2015 photo shows the inside of the Waller County jail in Hempstead, Texas. Sandra Bland was arrested and taken to the jail about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Houston on July 10 and found dead July 13. Officials say Bland hanged herself with a plastic garbage bag in her jail cell, a contention her family and supporters dispute. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) MORE LESS
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HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — Investigators say no injuries consistent with a violent homicide were found during an autopsy of a woman who was found dead in a Texas jail.

Waller County prosecutor Warren Diepraam on Thursday discussed details of the autopsy of 28-year-old Sandra Bland, who authorities say was found hanging in her jail cell on July 13.

Diepraam says the autopsy showed that Bland had no defensive injuries on her hands that would typically indicate a struggle. He says some lacerations or abrasions were found on her wrists, injuries consistent with a struggle while being handcuffed.

He also says marks around Bland’s neck are consistent. He says that in violent homicide, investigators wouldn’t see a consistent mark.

He says the injuries that were found would be consistent with a suicide.

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  1. I’ll wait on the private autopsy, thanks.

  2. Which Autopsy? The first one or the one ordered after the case went national?

  3. And I’m supposed to BELIEVE him? No thank you.

  4. Avatar for paulw paulw says:

    Prosecutor, n.: One whose job is to argue in favor of finding defendants guilty.
    Defense Attorney, n.: One whose job is it to argue against finding defendants guilty.

    Um.

  5. Avatar for xyxox xyxox says:

    This is the same autopsy they claimed they bungled and needed to do again.

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