Subsequent autopsy shows that the wound path is through the skin and subcutaneous tissue, without penetration of injury of a major,artery or vein; the direction is front to back and upward for a total wound path length of 2 inches and the wound exits on the right side of the back of the neck, posterior to the right sternocleidomastoid muscle where a 2 inch long gaping incised/stab wound is evident on the skin; both ends are tapered; superiorly there is a 1 inch long superficial incised wounds extension on the skin to the back of the head; inferiorly there is a 2 inch long incised superficial skin extension, extending inferiorly towards the back of the neck. 
Subsequent autopsy shows that the wound path is through the skin and subcutaneous tissue , without penetration of injury of a major , artery or vein ; the direction is front to back and upward for a total wound path length of 2 inches and the wound exits on the right side of the back of the neck , posterior to the right sternocleidomastoid muscle where a 2 inch long gaping incised / stab wound is evident on the skin ; both ends are tapered ; superiorly there is a 1 inch long superficial incised wounds extension on the skin to the back of the head ; inferiorly there is a 2 inch long incised superficial skin extension , extending inferiorly towards the back of the neck .