[PA] Officer Dennis murder-of-wife-Carli trial Day 5

Pennsylvania
October 19, 2007
Carli Dennis did not pull trigger, forensic pathologist tells jurors
BY JAMES CONMY
STAFF WRITER
10/20/2007
..."It's my opinion the deceased [Carli Dennis] was lying in a sleeping position when she was shot," [forensic pathologist Dr. Gary] Ross said. "She may have been sleeping for some time before she was shot." [Dallas Township Police Officer at the time of Carli's death] Jeffrey Dennis insists he is innocent and that his wife committed suicide. If a jury of six men and six women convict the former Dallas Township police officer of first-degree murder, he will spend the rest of his life in prison. Ross was the lone witness on the stand during an abbreviated day of testimony Friday. The forensic pathologist also used X-ray images to outline the bullet's path... The gun's angle was consistent with a computer re-enactment shown to the jury Thursday that simulated how the Luzerne County district attorney's office alleges Jeffrey Dennis killed his wife... Ross believes Carli Dennis was alive for a few minutes following the shooting, but was unconscious. "Due to the force of the injury itself and the massive amount of trauma impacting the base of the brain, she could have no conscious activity after she was shot," Ross said...
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