She explained that the fire was so intense that it burned away the skin and soft tissue on the man's head, revealing what appeared to be a bullet hole.

So it was during the process of examining the body and removing organs that I came across this part of the skull that just looked really unusual to me.

When I was examining the brain and the bits of the skull bone around it, I came across this area that was very curved.

And, you know, that's unusual for a thermal fracture to appear like that.

So I was worried at that point.

I thought maybe this person had, had a gunshot wound.

But the fire had decomposed Dr. Young's brain tissue, and Lori wasn't able to find any other injuries, such as an exit wound, to confirm that the archaeologist had been shot.

We had a forensic anthropologist take a look at the skull.