:18:09
No further questions. Thank you.
:18:47
Your report states
it was death by drowning...
:18:50
...not a kendo wound.
:18:52
How did you determine this?
:18:54
As I've already testified,
I found foam in the deceased's lungs.
:18:59
This foam.
:19:01
I'm not sure I understand about this.
:19:04
What would cause that again?
:19:06
It occurs when water,
mucus and air are mixed by respiration.
:19:10
Breathing, that is. I believe I said that.
:19:12
But you can see why I'm confused.
:19:14
Because a drowned person
doesn't breathe, so--
:19:17
Of course not. The foam means
that he went in breathing.
:19:22
That's why the autopsy report shows
drowning as the cause of death.
:19:27
Meaning that he wasn't murdered first,
on the deck, then thrown overboard.
:19:32
- Well, you can always--
- Thank you. That's important, that's good.
:19:36
There's something else
I'd like to ask you about.
:19:39
Something in your report.
:19:41
Go ahead, ask.
:19:44
About the wound to the deceased's head.
:19:46
You say here...
:19:48
...that it was made
by a long, narrow, flat object.
:19:53
Is that what you saw,
or it is just your inference?
:19:56
It's my job to infer.
That's what coroners do, we infer.
:19:59
That's my area of expertise, inference.