The inspection of the body was begun at the morgue in Dosher Hospital in Southport, mere blocks away from Indigo Ferry Landing. The attending doctor Dr. Hiltz began a series of mistakes, starting with listing Davina as weighing 140 pounds and being 5 feet 2 inches tall. Davina actually stood 4 feet 9 and weighed scarcely 90 pounds. Further, he drew the gun shot wound to her being behind her right ear. He wrote that it was a large wound with tissue exiting, with no other injuries. On the form, Hiltz checked that the death was a probably homicide. That conclusion was later amended.

The body was sent to Jacksonville for an official autopsy. Dr. Garrett performed the autopsy and recovered the bullet. His drawing showed the bullet wound at the middle of the skull in the rear. However, the wound was drawn upside down. Dr. Garrett wrote no opinion. That opinion would be added later by someone at Chapel Hill.
An actual picture from the autopsy ends the argument as to which drawing is correct - and the knowledge that neither is. If you click the head on the right, you will go to a picture that shows the actual head wound.

WARNING! Graphic Picture!