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• Can you please state and spell your name for the record?

  Aidan Hobbes

• Ms.Hobbes, did you attend attend college?

  Yes, I attended Middle State University where I earned a bachelor's degree.

• How about medical schools?

  After Middle State University, I went to Bear Flag University Medical School, then did my residency training at driftwood City's Hospital pathology lab, and after all that I took the position of an Assistant coroner for ocean county and then became the director of forensic serology lab.

• What do you do for a living?

  i am an assistant chief coroner, and the chairperson to the California committee for professional standards in forensic science pathology.

• May I redirect your attention to your examinations of Anne Marcus, What did you first notice about her body?

  Anne was wearing climbing gear, a short sleeved t shirt, shorts, and shoes.

• Did Anne Marcus sustain any body injuries?

  yes

• What kind of body injuries did she have?

  she had ligature marks on both of her wrists, she also had an injury above her left temple which looked like a laceration, her left eye was swollen (which could only be caused by a trauma such as a punch), and her body was in a state of rigor mortis because her whole body was stiffened, except for larger muscles in her lower legs, and lastly, all over her body there were small cuts and bruises.

• How do you believe Anne had died?

  for I discovered saltwater in Anne's lungs, i concluded that she had died by drowning.

• On june 9th, what time do you believe Anne died?

  Sometime between 8:00pm and midnight.

• Can you please inform me about this “Rigor Mortis” you speak of.

  it is a process by which the compounds in the body's muscles that provide muscular energy are lost. As the heart stops beating and respiration ceases, these compounds lose a necessary supply of oxygen and nutrients, and the muscles stiffen.