Pathologists at the University of Leicester believe they may have found the killer blow that took the life of King Richard III, according to a press release by the university.
"I approached this examination as that of any patient - just because he was a King did not make a difference," said Guy Rutty, a professor at East Midlands Forensic Pathology Unit, which is based at the University of Leicester. "Everyone is treated the same with the same doctor/patient relationship, the same respect in death and the same level of professional investigation.
"The key to this sequence is that alongside my role at the University of Leicester, I am a Home office forensic pathologist. Thus I was able to look at the large injury in the base of the skull and, through experience, I was able to identify the key injury.
"Using the specialist lighting equipment we have in the forensic mortuary at the Leicester Royal Infirmary, which was key to the examination, I then was able to put the three injuries together on pathological grounds and we all realized I had identified the potential lethal injury to King Richard III.
"It was one of those eureka moments which Carl Vivian happened to capture on film which we will all remember."
