There was a large bruise on the right side of her head and another on her abdomen, perhaps the result of blows from fists. She had been strangled with a piece of bandage material stuffed down her throat.
She sustained a significant bruise on her right side of the head and another on her abdomen, potentially resulting from blows to the head.  Additionally, she was strangled with a piece of bandage material that was forced into her throat.