The Death of Michelle Von Emster
Upon closer inspection, they discovered it was the body Michelle Von Emster, situated face down on a bed of kelp.
Her remains were taken to area life guard headquarters around 4 p.m. Michelle was found naked, all except for a brass bracelet and two rings.She had a butterfly tattoo on her shoulder and long brown hair.
Upon initial examination, the medical examiner, Robert Angle referenced large torn chunks of flesh, and the missing right leg.
He believed that Michelle had not been in the water very long.
A day later a formal autopsy was preformed by San Diego medical examiner, Brian Blackbourne.
Her neck was broken as though she was in a "car wreck".
She had broken ribs, facial scrapes, bruises and contusions.
Substantial amounts of sand lodged in her mouth, throat, lungs and stomach.
The medical examiner found that Michelle had been alive when the injuries were inflicted upon her. The medical examiner came up with this timeline. He said she was last seen alive at 8 p.m. She entered the water sometime around midnight. He concluded Michelle died from injuries sustained during a shark attack, and drowning. He came to this conclusion, because was told this by harbor police, life guards and marine biologists told him so.
The medical examiner stated that Michelle was attacked by a great white shark. The violent shark attack forced Michelle to the ocean floor. This is how she sustained a broken neck, and ingested the huge amounts of sand. She ultimately died from blood loss and drowning.
This that might lead in a different direction.
The medical examiner had never encountered a victim that died from a shark attacked, and neither to anyone else who saw Michelle's body. The experts that the medical examiner referred to never saw the body. Many experts don't think this was a great white shark attack. Ralph Collier, a leading expert on Pacific coast white shark behavior and ecology, said after seeing the remains of Michelle's leg bone,
"When a White shark bites off part of a limb, the break is clean.
Almost like you put it on a table saw.
What remained of Michelle's femur was anything but.
It looked like what happens when you get a piece of bamboo and whittle it down to a point with a knife.
I've looked at close to 100 photos of cases that I've reviewed over the years, and I've never seen any bones that came to a point."
Supposedly, the sand entered Michelle's body after her leg had been torn off. Collier stated "The damage would have severed her femoral artery, and she would have bled to death quickly. But, for her to have sand in her stomach, she would have had to take a big gulping breath as she made contact with the sand...There are too many things in this case that are not consistent with White shark behavior."
He also said that there were too many things in this case that didn't fit with white shark behavior.
Richard Rosenblatt, Chairman of the Scripps Institute for Oceanography at the, also disagreed that is was a shark attack as well. After receiving the measurements of Michelle's wounds, he stated, "None of the marks on Michelle's body were caused by a White shark. If she had been bitten by a White shark, they most likely would have also found a Great White tooth broken off into her body." "If a shark had taken her leg, it could only have been taken by a White shark."
No great white teeth were found in Michelle's body. However, there were multiple bite marks left by Blue sharks, and they definitely fed on Michelle's body. A local pathologist, Harry Bunell, found there was no evidence to suggest the bites occurred before death.
The case of Michelle Von Emster's death, was given a re-examination in 2008. Medical examiner, Glenn Wagner concluded that sharks had scavenged Michelle's body after her death.
If it wasn't a shark attack, then what really happened?
Some people believe that Mchelle Von Emster went for a midnight swim. That maybe she had gotten caught in a riptide and drowned.
That her body was violently knocked against the rocks, and this is how she sustained most of her injuries. She was later fed on by Blue sharks after her dead body was submerged in the ocean.
This sounds plausible, however the water temperature was 59 degrees with the night air being 57 degrees.When she was last seen at 8 PM, she was wearing a trench-coat, so she must've been cold?
And what about her leg? Another theory is that she died as the result of an unfortunate tumble from Sunset Cliffs. A medical examiner said that her neck, face, pelvic and rib injuries were consistent with a fall or car accident. Sunset Cliffs known for having deteriorating sandstone, and previous deaths have occurred when victims have fallen from the cliffs. Some say they she could have jumped or fell, been pushed or a vehicle could have forced her off the side of a cliff. That still doesn't explained the leg though.
Was she murdered?
Michelle Von Emster lived in a drug-riddled neighborhood that was nick-named, "The War Zone."
It is weird that Michelle was found nude. A lifeguard did see her swim naked in the past. She told a neighbor once, that she "Liked to surf naked."
However, her friends and local surfers never recalled her surfing.
Michelle's purse was found around 2 miles away from her body on the base of the seawall, in a heavily trafficked area. In her purse was her keys and driver's license and her cash inside a fanny pack.
All of this make some people think that someone hurt Michelle and left her to die in the ocean.Then they planted the purse to look like an accident. Or they could have drowned her. One of the experts mentioned the young woman would have had to take huge gulps in order to ingest so much sand.
Unofficial Suspects
Edwin Decker. Decker
He was a a friend and ex co-worker of Michelle's. He was the one that to the police that Michelle liked to surf naked. Decker claimed that he and Michelle had gone out together for drinks the night before. He also said that they had been flirting with each other for weeks. He said that they had kissed after they had drinks and she left in a cab at 5 a.m. He also stated that there was a friend sleeping by them in the apartment that night. He says he believed the two shared an emotional, physical and intellectual connection..., "at least on my part..."
After he learned that Michelle was dead, he wrote and published the following poem:
"The report said there was a tattoo
A butterfly on her shoulder
Which I remembered that night
On my couch when I, like the shark
Chewed on her lips and took off her shirt"
Decker who asked the San Diego Medical Examiner's Office to re-evaluate the case in 2008.
The Unknown Stalker
Michelle was a former employee of a Rumors coffee shop.
There was an unknown man who constantly stalked the young woman. She left her job because of her stalker.
The stalker's name was unknown, but she did know that he rode a motorcycle. She left that job to go work in Cabrillo Stationary, an office supply store, where she thought she would escape her stalker.
Denise Knox, Michelle's former boss at that store, recalls that shortly after Michelle's death, a weird man came into the store and made several copies of Michelle's autopsy report.
Knox further stated that the man rode away from the store on a motorcycle.
Her neck was broken as though she was in a "car wreck".
She had broken ribs, facial scrapes, bruises and contusions.
Substantial amounts of sand lodged in her mouth, throat, lungs and stomach.
The medical examiner found that Michelle had been alive when the injuries were inflicted upon her. The medical examiner came up with this timeline. He said she was last seen alive at 8 p.m. She entered the water sometime around midnight. He concluded Michelle died from injuries sustained during a shark attack, and drowning. He came to this conclusion, because was told this by harbor police, life guards and marine biologists told him so.
The medical examiner stated that Michelle was attacked by a great white shark. The violent shark attack forced Michelle to the ocean floor. This is how she sustained a broken neck, and ingested the huge amounts of sand. She ultimately died from blood loss and drowning.
This that might lead in a different direction.
The medical examiner had never encountered a victim that died from a shark attacked, and neither to anyone else who saw Michelle's body. The experts that the medical examiner referred to never saw the body. Many experts don't think this was a great white shark attack. Ralph Collier, a leading expert on Pacific coast white shark behavior and ecology, said after seeing the remains of Michelle's leg bone,
"When a White shark bites off part of a limb, the break is clean.
Almost like you put it on a table saw.
What remained of Michelle's femur was anything but.
It looked like what happens when you get a piece of bamboo and whittle it down to a point with a knife.
I've looked at close to 100 photos of cases that I've reviewed over the years, and I've never seen any bones that came to a point."
Supposedly, the sand entered Michelle's body after her leg had been torn off. Collier stated "The damage would have severed her femoral artery, and she would have bled to death quickly. But, for her to have sand in her stomach, she would have had to take a big gulping breath as she made contact with the sand...There are too many things in this case that are not consistent with White shark behavior."
He also said that there were too many things in this case that didn't fit with white shark behavior.
Richard Rosenblatt, Chairman of the Scripps Institute for Oceanography at the, also disagreed that is was a shark attack as well. After receiving the measurements of Michelle's wounds, he stated, "None of the marks on Michelle's body were caused by a White shark. If she had been bitten by a White shark, they most likely would have also found a Great White tooth broken off into her body." "If a shark had taken her leg, it could only have been taken by a White shark."
No great white teeth were found in Michelle's body. However, there were multiple bite marks left by Blue sharks, and they definitely fed on Michelle's body. A local pathologist, Harry Bunell, found there was no evidence to suggest the bites occurred before death.
The case of Michelle Von Emster's death, was given a re-examination in 2008. Medical examiner, Glenn Wagner concluded that sharks had scavenged Michelle's body after her death.
If it wasn't a shark attack, then what really happened?
Some people believe that Mchelle Von Emster went for a midnight swim. That maybe she had gotten caught in a riptide and drowned.
That her body was violently knocked against the rocks, and this is how she sustained most of her injuries. She was later fed on by Blue sharks after her dead body was submerged in the ocean.
This sounds plausible, however the water temperature was 59 degrees with the night air being 57 degrees.When she was last seen at 8 PM, she was wearing a trench-coat, so she must've been cold?
And what about her leg? Another theory is that she died as the result of an unfortunate tumble from Sunset Cliffs. A medical examiner said that her neck, face, pelvic and rib injuries were consistent with a fall or car accident. Sunset Cliffs known for having deteriorating sandstone, and previous deaths have occurred when victims have fallen from the cliffs. Some say they she could have jumped or fell, been pushed or a vehicle could have forced her off the side of a cliff. That still doesn't explained the leg though.
Was she murdered?
Michelle Von Emster lived in a drug-riddled neighborhood that was nick-named, "The War Zone."
It is weird that Michelle was found nude. A lifeguard did see her swim naked in the past. She told a neighbor once, that she "Liked to surf naked."
However, her friends and local surfers never recalled her surfing.
Michelle's purse was found around 2 miles away from her body on the base of the seawall, in a heavily trafficked area. In her purse was her keys and driver's license and her cash inside a fanny pack.
All of this make some people think that someone hurt Michelle and left her to die in the ocean.Then they planted the purse to look like an accident. Or they could have drowned her. One of the experts mentioned the young woman would have had to take huge gulps in order to ingest so much sand.
Edwin Decker. Decker
He was a a friend and ex co-worker of Michelle's. He was the one that to the police that Michelle liked to surf naked. Decker claimed that he and Michelle had gone out together for drinks the night before. He also said that they had been flirting with each other for weeks. He said that they had kissed after they had drinks and she left in a cab at 5 a.m. He also stated that there was a friend sleeping by them in the apartment that night. He says he believed the two shared an emotional, physical and intellectual connection..., "at least on my part..."
After he learned that Michelle was dead, he wrote and published the following poem:
"The report said there was a tattoo
A butterfly on her shoulder
Which I remembered that night
On my couch when I, like the shark
Chewed on her lips and took off her shirt"
Decker who asked the San Diego Medical Examiner's Office to re-evaluate the case in 2008.
The Unknown Stalker
Michelle was a former employee of a Rumors coffee shop.
There was an unknown man who constantly stalked the young woman. She left her job because of her stalker.
The stalker's name was unknown, but she did know that he rode a motorcycle. She left that job to go work in Cabrillo Stationary, an office supply store, where she thought she would escape her stalker.
Denise Knox, Michelle's former boss at that store, recalls that shortly after Michelle's death, a weird man came into the store and made several copies of Michelle's autopsy report.
Knox further stated that the man rode away from the store on a motorcycle.
What do you think happened?
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