Woman Savagely Stabbed, Raped
File:# 72-12184
DEPARTMENT OF CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER-CORONER
Date: November 16,1972 Time: 1000 Hours
I performed an autopsy on the body of KATHLEEN LA CHANCE
at Office of Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner, 1104 N. Mission Rd.,
Los Angeles and from the anatomic findings and pertinent history I ascribe the death to:
MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE
DUE TO: MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS OF CHEST
FINAL: November 16, 1972
ANATOMICAL SUMMARY
1. Multiple stab wounds
DESCRIPTION OF STAB WOUNDS AND INJURIES
Note: For the purpose of identification the wounds are labeled numerically, however, this does not imply the order in which the wounds were inflicted. The descriptions that follow are made using the anatomic
There appears to be twelve stab wounds, ten located in the back within an area 12 inches and 19 ½ inches from the top of the head and 3 ½ inches to the left of the midline of the back and 3 ½ inches to the right of the midline of the back. Two additional stab wounds are...