Testimony Extract:
Dr. Nizam Peerwani, Medical Examiner

• Page 5959 Dr. Peerwani introduced.
• Page 5960
• Page 5961 Asked to do autopsies on ATF agents.
• Page 5962 Visited Mt. Carmel on April 21 with Dr. Crow.
• Page 5963 Recovery plan described. Surface bodies taken first.
• Page 5964 Others buried beneath rubble of collapsed bunker.
• Page 5965 ID procedures described. FBI fingerprint experts.
• Page 5966 Flags mark bodies.
• Page 5967 Maps of body recoveries.
• Page 5968 Doe No. 1 recovered by local justices of peace.
• Page 5969 Location of bodies described.
• Page 5970 Peerwani to determine cause and manner of death.
• Page 5971 Gunshot wounds. Causes of death: Does 1,2, 3.
• Page 5972 Does 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
• Page 5973 Does 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19.
• Page 5974 Does 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.
• Page 5975 Does 28, 29, 30, 31 ABCDE.
• Page 5976 Does 31 ABCDE; 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38.
• Page 5977 Does 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45.
• Page 5978 Does 46, 47 plus, 48, 49, 50, 51A, 51B.
• Page 5979 Does 51A, 51B; overlay explained; 52, 54, 54, 55, 57.
• Page 5980 Does 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66.
• Page 5981 Does 67-1 thru 67-8.
• Page 5982 Does 69, 68 (no body) 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75.
• Page 5983
• Page 5988 Does 56, 63.
• Page 5989 Does 27, 37, 39; corrections.
• Page 5990 February 28 deaths exhumed on May 4. Good condition.
• Page 5991 Winston Blake, Jaydean Wendel deaths.
• Page 5992 Peter Hipsman death.
• Page 5993
• Page 5994 Perry Jones death.
• Page 5995 ATF agents.
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• Page 6019 Smithsonian Institute experts help Dr. Peerwani.
• Page 6020
• Page 6021 All children found in concrete room.
• Page 6022 Numbers of bodies recovered.
• Page 6023
• Page 6024 Distribution of remains in concrete room. Blankets, etc.
• Page 6025
• Page 6026
• Page 6027 Layering effect described. David Koresh.
• Page 6028 Steve Schneider, Mark Wendel.
• Page 6029 Blankets/suffocation; smoke inhalation. Causes of death.
• Page 6030 Bodies burned to different degrees. Causes of death.
• Page 6031 Skull damage.
• Page 6032 Cook-offs.
• Page 6033 Died within minutes of each other.
• Page 6034 Peter Gent's body.
• Page 6035 Other decomposition states.
• Page 6036 ATF injuries.
• Page 6037
• Page 6038
• Page 6039
• Page 6040 Case by case relationship with McLennan County.
• Page 6041 IDs of Peter Gent and David Koresh.
• Page 6042 Greg Summers, Scott Sonobe, Jeff Little not IDed.
• Page 6043 Tank caused collapse of wall onto trapdoor. Shari Doyle.
• Page 6044 Dr. Peerwani did 20 autopsies.
• Page 6045 Mike Schroeder death.
• Page 6046 Gunshots and smoke inhalation.

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