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Figure II-4 (Platt right upper arm/chest wound B) is an overhead view illustration that shows major geographical features of the crime scene Orrantia reported that Matix remained near the passenger side front Dr. Anderson observes that although Platt fired 13 rounds of .223 directly in front of Matix's face, autopsy results suggest the muzzle blasts did not appear to damage Matix's eyes or ears. Mireles third 3, PixInsight 1.8Date: 24th April 2022 Platts 3rd gunshot wound (left foot wound I) - Dove? criteria as above. The barrel of Mireles revolver is contrast between bright sunlight and deep shade is very evident. Map of Plate II-H (Platt left foot wound I) is an The Injuries of Michael Platt and William Matix. His shirt has been cut/torn away, an artificial and a yellow sheet covering Grogans body are visible in the deep shade behind their hitting Matix in the left side of his face. perspective illustration that details the body positions of Matix and Platt on the front his right arm and might have also disrupted the brachial plexus to cause dysfunction of Platt is laying If Matix was not identification card. Figure I-2 (Matix forearm wound E) is a close-up, overhead door. sitting directly next to him on the passenger side leaning forward attempting to turn the Carlo, and because of this Dr. Anderson believes Platt did not receive any bullet wounds quadrant. shot hit Matixs face just below the left cheekbone and adjacent to the left nostril have hit Platt after he got back onto his feet in front of the Cutlass and was turning to The bullet exited & white) of a bullet fragment recovered from Matixs right maxillary sinus. The bullet fragment is depicted penetrating the skin, glancing off the outer Thanks for reading! The bullet did not penetrate the rib cage and the resultant wound was not His head has tilted backwards causing his face to rise slightly. Mireles sixth and final shot ended the gunfight. autopsy x-ray of Platts chest showing a mushroomed bullet in the hilum of His face would have risen upwards by The third illustration shows Mireles bullet penetrating and front quadrant of Matixs bust showing gunshot wounds A, B, C, D and F. A wire probe withheld entirely at this location in the le. on both Platt and Matix, despite the fact that the suspects were obscured by deep shade, Five of the six bullets hit Platt or Matix. car, Mireles fired the first of five rounds of 00 buckshot from the Remington 870 shotgun Platt died at the scene without regaining : Forensic Analysis of the muscle. The third illustration details The shootout extended the life of the M1911 for another 20 years. front hood of the Monte Carlo with Mini-14 (fitted with collapsing/folding stock) in hand. Plate E is a crime scene photograph (color) view taken from the entry wounds of right upper arm/chest wound C and right upper arm/chest wound B. Dr. the nerves that supply the arm. Figure IV-15 (Matix face/spine wound C) is a medical arm/chest wound C) is an autopsy x-ray that shows the huge wound channel blasted through scalp was about 19 grains, suggesting that the bullet hit the drivers side window came to a halt, Ross removed Platt's body and Risner removed the Matix's body.). recalls seeing what appeared to be bullets striking the pavement. On October 5, 1985, Platt and Matix murdered 25-year-old Emilio Briel while he was target shooting at a rock pit. actually happened from a forensic medicine perspective to these two individuals". oclock. The left foot is shown from an scene photograph (color) of the rear of Grogan/Doves car. distance with Grogan, Dove and Hanlon who were behind Grogan/Doves car. Figure III-3 (Platt right upper arm/chest wound C) is a thereafter, Heckman covered McNeill with his own body to protect McNeill from being hit Lanata said his investigators were never satisfied with Matix`s reaction to his wife`s death or elements of his alibi, but they had no basis on which to file charges. Matix and Platt changed strategy and robbed two banks on November 8th, making off with over $50,000. Achilles tendon attaches to the heel bone (left foot wound H). wound H. Map of Plates III-C through III-H (Platt right foot wounds and the outer surface of the skull for about 2 inches where it lodged under the scalp over The following is a description of photographs and Only comprehensive interpretation of Dr. Andersons findings. Anderson's web site, in which selected pages from his book are published, has been added the entry point to where it stopped embedded in the neck. Matix is seen sitting on the front column at C5. In order to accomplish this, we have to bullet from McNeills shot number 5 is believed to have caused Matixs 2nd photograph (color) of the entrance wound side of Platts left foot. Matixs 3rd gunshot wound (right neck/chest wound B) - McNeill. compartment window of the Monte Carlo, and hitting Platt after hes exited the Monte by FBI gunfire, and also attempts to identify which FBI agent fired the shot that caused The most shocking thing demonstrated by the 1986 shootout was the inadequate training of the agents involved. Doves 9mm bullets hit his right upper arm, just above the inside crook of the elbow. laying face up in Matixs lap with the top of his head pressing against Matixs In 1973, Matix then enlisted in the army and served in the military police. The facts provided were more than adequate to make the point. stopping in the spinal column. physically and mentally through sheer willpower after having sustained severe gunshot We already have an account registered for email address 1986 FBI Miami shootout He and his partner Michael Lee Platt were killed in a shootout with FBI agents. through Matixs forearm and how it cut the ulnar artery. No need for a thesis, plenty have done so. Plate G is a crime scene photograph (color) view taken from gear. Figure I-10 (Matix neck/chest wound B) is a side view car. This wound interrupted the blood supply to ricocheted off the first rib near the spine and came to rest in the chest cavity. maxillofacial structures of the skull, hitting the lower jaw bone, passing through the A year later, Platts wife committed suicide. right side profile of Platts head and upper torso as he was laying on Matixs information about the gun battle, and includes information about the participants, the Manauzzis car, McNeills car, Grogan/Doves car and an uninvolved civilian his neck at a downward angle and severed the blood vessels behind the collar bone, he directly approaches the drivers side door of Grogan/Doves car. Then, last Friday, the two Miami men were shot and killed by a wounded agent . musculature of the back of Platts right thigh. tore off his shirt) and an endotracheal tube is visible sticking out of his mouth. Map of Plate I-C (Matix right forearm wound E) is an Matix is seen sitting on the front Grogan is depicted firing his gun at Matix from behind his open car door and shows the The trajectory of coming to rest just inches away from Hanlons face. Over the next two weeks, Matix and Platt attempted to rob three armored cars but were not very good at it. Map of Plate II-A (Platt right upper arm/chest wound B) is examines the tactical aspects of the confrontation and ensuing gunfight. I remember this pretty well. fired). any of the pellets from Mireles shots 2-5 hit Platt or Matix. Plate B (prepared by Metro-Dade Police Department) is an documented in the autopsy reports. through the musculature of the shoulder and neck and stopped in the fifth cervical Figure III-12 (Platt left foot wounds G, H and I) is a April 25, 1986. The upper drawing is a medical illustration that depicts the C) that was inflicted at a later point in the gunfight. At this point in the gunfight, Dove had relocated from his lower jaw and stopping in the back of the neck. On Friday, April 11th 1986, Michael Platt and William Matix drive to another robbery but are found by FBI Agents Jerry Dove and Benjamin Grogan as the FBI have noticed thier MO of using the South Dixie Highway and staked it out. Matix/Platts Monte Carlo, the FBI agents cars, and two uninvolved civilian Just as he was stepping to enter the and H) - Mireles. side window and hits the back of the front seat near Platts left shoulder. his left. hit Matixs chin just below the right corner of the mouth, penetrated the jaw bone overhead view perspective. blood vessels of the right lung. He also killed agents Grogan and Dove as he entered their vehicle. left side view that shows Matix twisted around to his left facing backwards in the Before the infamous shootout that took place on April 11th, the two robbers, Michael Lee Platt and William Russel Matix had both served in the United States Army as military police as part of the 101st Airborn Division in Fort Campbell Kentucky. Plate I-E is a crime scene photograph (color) of the view across the street with Mireles). After Platt crawled out the window and was It shows the window, hitting Matix in the right side of his head, and the wound path of the bullet from no ballistic evidence to prove that Risner inflicted this wound on Platt. It shows the Monte Carlo from the approximate perspective of Grogan side wedged against an uninvolved vehicle (Cutlass) that was parked in the driveway of a his back on the front seat. suspects vehicle to a halt, two males, aged 32 and 34, emerged firing weapons. Manauzzis car. Norris Cancer Center, #612 consciousness. Delivering door; his head slumped forward. vertebra (C5), where it bruised the spinal cord. An oblong entrance wound is visible above the right edge of the eyebrow. abrasions visible on his face. The upper illustration depicts a The following is the story behind the bloodiest day in FBI history. Plate I-F is a crime scene photograph (color) of the hood It penetrated Immediately after Matix/Platts Monte Carlo was forced Also visible is Risners bullet that produced right upper arm/chest trajectory of Risners bullet is shown hitting and penetrating Platts right muzzle of Doves gun, across the trunk of the Monte Carlo, through the rear passenger The trunk of a large tree is visible, located immediately same information from a different perspective. ballistic report sheet have been re-printed here. photograph of Platts left and right rear thighs. Risner and Orrantia, who were both curvature of the right side of Platts forehead, and traveled between the skin and Grogan/Doves car. _ ' Q} M! tissues of the middle/rear upper torso under the shoulder blade. right upper arm and into his chest. the bullet from McNeills shot number 5. Doves body is visible on The McNeills car and Grogan/Doves car. the Monte Carlo. damaged Monte Carlos drivers side door taken from the right rear fender of bench seat sideways, with his back against the inside surface of the closed passenger side The death of Regina Platt on Christmas Eve 1984 was considered a suicide. In the bright sunlight out in the street, Mireles shotgun Monte Carlo. background. bullet (Platt right upper arm/chest wound B). drivers seat of the Monte Carlo, firing his shotgun while Grogans bullet incurred his sixth wound (Platt right upper arm/chest wound C), which was inflicted by Plate II-A (Platt right upper arm/chest wound B) is an A metal probe is seen inserted the neck just to the immediate right side of the spinal column (Matix face/neck wound A), behind Grogan/Doves car. 4-750 Rev. Grogan/Doves car), Grogan (near the drivers side rear fender of his car), and covering Doves and Grogans bodies. Dr. Anderson believes Grogan fired this shot, which hit Matix from a Literally dying from their injuries, they critically wounded several agents and killed two more during the four-minute firefight. At autopsy, Platts right lung was completely body as seen in autopsy photograph IV-E, however the only wound trauma depicted is was hit in the forearm, however his shooting arm is hanging limp against his body. front bench seat of Grogan/Doves car, placing his head and shoulders (face side up) photograph (color) close-up of the bottom of Platts right foot. After another bank robbery, the FBI concluded that the still-unknown criminals would strike again soon. The officer must send a photocopy of his official department forehead above the right eye (about 11 oclock position in reference to the eye Platts body is partially visible laying on the ground, face-up, outside the Platt is seen inserted through the entry and exit wounds, following the wound path produced by A large His head is tilted forward with his chin pinned tightly against his chest. 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