Summary of his testimony (feel free to correct me if I am misspeaking):
LK was in ER and trauma called him (thoracic surgeon) - they were having trouble with her.
He arrived a minute later and she was hypotensive. Heart had stopped once but was resuscitated. Lost half her blood volume by that point. “Significant amounts of ongoing bleeding”.
Rushed to surgery within minutes to stabilize and stop bleeding.
Was already on a ventilator and had bilateral chest tubes and also had already partially opened her chest to attempt to clamp her aorta to prevent bleeding out but hadn’t succeeded by time he arrived.
Anesthesia, trauma, thoracic teams and numerous nurses present for surgery, which initially focused on controlling active bleeding and clamping aorta to redirect blood to head to keep her alive. Was given blood products.
After stabilizing, two injuries to lung - upper and lower lobes - both “raw and blowing air”, which were repaired.
Removed aortal clamp and observed for 30m to ensure she was okay.
As closing, realized there was an injury to her breast implant. Removed it and installed drain.
Injuries would have been fatal had they not been repaired during surgery.
Afterwards, was having difficulty ventilating so trauma surgeons had to make an incision with an open dressing for swollen bowel (?) to make room for her lungs to properly ventilate and was transferred to ICU.
Did not find bullets or other foreign bodies internally upon follow up surgical and radiographic exploration.
2 injuries to upper left chest and at least one on her back near scapula.
Incision was 12-16 inches from below under left breast “pretty medial” and went all around to the back.
Other injuries from interventions included the attempt to open chest by Trauma team.
Trauma service was primarily responsible for monitoring. Was on vent for 8-10 days and a bronchoscopy was performed to remove mucus.
No ongoing thoracic surgical interventions required before she she was discharged and indicated she intended to return to NC.
ETA - no ongoing chest surgery required. Of course other surgical interventions were required to remediate the open wound that was made to make space for her to properly inflate her lungs.
Yes, people do get convicted of perjury. Up to the prosecutor to bring charges, of course. Perjury is criminal, not civil, so the defendant can’t sue for it.
If a person is subsequently convicted of perjury, it is possible that a new trial could be ordered if the party convicted was likely to be materially relevant to obtaining the conviction. In other words, if the defendant could not have been convicted if that person had never testified, then it’s likely there would be a new trial. Perjury is knowingly lying under oath, it’s not attributable to misremembering or needing your memory refreshed. You have to knowingly and deliberately lie, and someone has to be able to prove that.
If the judge feels it necessary, he can instruct the jury to disregard a statement or a witness’ entire testimony. That, in some cases, can be sufficient to remediate the issue without injuring the defendant’s right to a fair trial.
Thanks. I guess he could lay his phone on the table left handed too. It just seems more natural right handed. He could have laid it down before they talked I suppose. Or he had it in his non dominant hand…but I usually hold my phone in my dominant hand. Hmm
I thought I had watched all the L&C videos, but I must have missed this. (It’s hard to keep them in order beyond the Day 1, Day 2 indications). Has IM testified? Who is he IRL? (I’m assuming that’s now OK to ask if he has testified).
I can’t imagine a decent judge feeling that way. If someone will lie under oath about one thing, how can you put any confidence into anything else they said. We’re talking about putting someone in prison based on what the person said.
IM has not testified yet, as far as we can tell. I believe he has not been definitively identified, but lots of people seem to have a pretty strong theory.
Well, it seemed to be a big theme for her long before the shooting, based on how many times she said she was going to ruin the life of the people around her.