Watch It

Ricky always wore his watch.

It was found neither on his body nor in his possessions.

Ricky died from a gunshot wound to his head.  The police say it's suicide.  His family knows it's not.  We need an honest and thorough investigation and questions answered, like, where is the watch Ricky always wears?  It's not in the crime scene photos and the autopsy didn't mention the watch.  The watch was not with Ricky's other possessions.

Medical Examiner's Report

 Autopsy Report was a Medical Report

by Ricky Lenn Dyer, Jr.'s Parents

We asked for a full autopsy and ended up with a medical report.  Looking over the autopsy, we noticed that Dennis Mackey, M.D., did not note: if there were any marks on Ricky, any scars, nor did he dust his hands for gun powder burns. He noted what Ricky was wearing and what things he had on him, yet didn't notice if he was wearing contacts or not. If he had been wearing contacts, wouldn't [he] include that in the report?

Their answer:

Bodies are examined for the presence of traumatic injury, unexplained injuries, and/or disease.  Scars, marks, tattoos, etc. are usually noted, however, minor scars can be overlooked.

[Reviews] of [an] autopsy will show frequent reference to segments of the anatomy as being "normal" or "unremarkable."

Your son's body was found inside an automobile with a shotgun across his lap and gunshot residue testing is essentially meaningless in such cases.

The victim is known to be in contact with the weapon. Any residue detected could simply come from handling the weapon, from hands in proximity to muzzle at discharge, or from the smoke discharged into the auto interior.

Contact lenses are not noted. Their detection is rare unless one scrapes the surface of the eye.

You will note extensive damage, fractures to the orbits, and traumatic disruption of the face and eyes...

Dr. Bonnell

Remember:  he had cigarette burns to both arms two months before his death, and they couldn't see that... the cigarette burns were burned into his flesh and it wouldn't be hard to see.

They didn't test him for drugs or kind of drug that might have been given to him. This should have been a full autopsy, as we requested... there was only two pictures taken, and not good ones, why weren't there more?

It would surprise me if all the pellets entered and none exited. We'd like to ask this and get a response, I believe there were 204 pellets, and about 20 found in the autopsy-where did the remaining pellets go?

And more from Dr. Bonnell:

I would expect a bigger mess and much more blood if Ricky shot himself while seated in the driver's seat.  There are no good photos showing the injury. I expect the autopsy was performed in Reno if he died in Sparks (Nevada) and that you can get a copy of the autopsy report.  My guess is that Ricky found out something he shouldn't have, was packing to leave and got interrupted-otherwise he would have also left the shotgun case. 

Dr. Bonnell

Missing and Exploited Children

If you have heard ANYTHING at all on a case of a missing child, an exploited child, and anyone, such as Ricky Lenn Dyer, jr., please call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)

Handwriting Analysis

March 31. 2006
To Whom It May Concern:

This letter is in reference to the death of Ricky Dyer. As a handwriting expert with a specialty in both the progression of suicide and psychological autopsies, I examined a couple samples of Ricky's handwriting.

Within these samples I found that Ricky did NOT appear to be suicidal. In fact, I found him to be energetic with goals and he appeared to have optimism with regard for his future plans and aspirations.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.


Sincerely,
Treyce d'Gabriel