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Mississippi Burning MIBURN Case — Part 6
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NO RY BQ2T
Immediately above the last "6" in this number
(underlined above for emphasis only) was a very lightly stamped
No tire chains were located within the car, In
addition, the search did not locate a bumper Jack, A combination
gack handle and lug mut wrench was in the spare tire conpartment
as was the spare tire wheel,
Based on the window-winding mechanisms, the window
positions at the time of the fire were determined to be:
Right front door Down
Left front door Down
Right rear door Dewn
Left rear door Up
Tatlzate Down
The right and left rear side window positions (if these
windows are of the moveable type) eould not be determined because
of the extensive fire damage to the window channels, Other
than small fragments, no glass remained in any of the window
frames at the time of this examination,
~ Examination of the gas tank, which had become detached
in transporting the car from the acene, disclosed no evidence of
an explosion, The drain plug was found securely in place in the
tank, : '
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The car's odometer was completely destroyed by fire and
no reading was possibie, :
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The left front tire and wheel, not severely damaged by
fire, had been removed from the car, The outside sidewall of this
tire bore twe parallel red marks near the rim. The rim portion
showed fresh marks indicating recent removal of the wheel cover
{hub cap), The three remaining wheels, sti11 mounted on the
ear, weré all badly damaged by fire, The fire discoloration in
the rim areas of these wheels was not disturbed or marked in any
way. This permits the conclusion that the three wheel covers
on these wheels were either not on the car at the time of the i
fire or "popped" from the wheels due to heat expansion prior to ....
the completion of the fire, 9
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