Lewis Powell's Family

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(01-15-2013 08:27 AM)BettyO Wrote:  So you think this was later in life than that mule kick done when he was 12 years old?

We know he was thrown from his horse face/head first on the night of the assassination. He had a bruised lip, blackened eye and probably a bloodied nose and cuts and abrasions to his chin,nose and hands. He also probably suffered a concussion as he himself more or less stated that he was knocked out.

Could this severe an injury be caused by being thrown like that? There is no other apparent injury to his face in his photos taken a few days later.....

It seems to me that the fracture lines would have healed to some extent in either case. Fractures like these are usually healed in weeks (that's why you wear a cast for six weeks when you break your arm). They also would have healed with new bone that would make the fracture lines appear more like scars on the skull than as actual fractures. That, to me, is the best evidence that poor Lew's skull fell face-first many years post-mortum (The way he's holding it, Kauffman may have dropped it-- but I am not sure)

Quote:I, too would LOVE to see a 3D modeling of his face....it could be done - I'm looking for software! Would one have to have the actual skull or just a photograph?

I'm not sure. I don't think you can do it from your home PC with a picture. You probably need a forensics lab and the actual skull to recreate his face. On the front page of the Roanoke Times a few days ago there were four pics of recreated faces from cold-case remains found in the area.