Jury sees autopsy photos in 'Seven Deadly Sins' murder trial | News

It is the second day of the Seven Deadly Sins murder trial, and the jury is seeing the autopsy photos for the first time.

Before the first recess of the day, jurors viewed autopsy photographs of three of the seven victims and heard an analysis of those photographs by medical examiner Dr. Steven Dutton, who performed the autopsies. Tammy Muzzy was first. Dr. Dutton described in detail the entry and exit wounds of the various gunshot wounds to Ms. Muzzy's neck, shoulders and abdomen, as well as her burned feet.

Dr. Dutton then moved on to the photographs of William Hodgin. While these photographs were being shown, a woman in the audience was visibly upset and crying. Mr. Hodgin had multiple gunshot wounds to his neck, shoulder, hand and chest and his legs were badly burned. Upon autopsy of Ms. Muzzy and Mr. Hodgin, Dr. Dutton concluded that these burns occurred after their deaths and he determined that the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and declared them a homicide.

The third victim was Emily Payne. Photographs shown in court showed that she had two gunshot wounds to the face and others to her left chest, neck and lower back. Dr. Dutton concluded that the cause of death was gunshot wounds to the head and that the case was homicide.

After recess, the jury returned and reviewed Jeramy Roberts' autopsy photographs. Dr. Dutton explained to them Mr. Roberts's multiple gunshot wounds and the burns to the back of his head and shoulders. Dr. Dutton concluded that the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and that the death was a homicide.

During each of these interviews, Dr. Dutton spoke about the bullets and bullet fragments that were removed from the bodies and presented as evidence.