Where is Shirlock Holmes when you need him to set the record straight? I am a poor excuse, but I'll give it a go anyway.
The main question that needs to be answered is: where is the shaft of the said arrow? Did it break off at the head instantly on impact (leaving no trace of sinew or wood whatsoever)? If so, what drove such a tiny arrowhead so deep into his shoulder such that it wouldn't be found by x-ray for 10 years?
Then are we to assume that he pulled the shaft cleanly and completely out of his own back? Or did the murderer unsuccessfully try to retrieve his own arrow (leaving the stack of 15 or so other ones there).
I am completely ignorant of the facts of this case, but I say: no shaft, no crime. Whether or not the arrow was intentionally fired at him, I doubt that it was the cause of his death (elementary, Watson!).
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Where is Shirlock Holmes when you need him to set the record straight? I am a poor excuse, but I'll give it a go anyway.
The main question that needs to be answered is: where is the shaft of the said arrow? Did it break off at the head instantly on impact (leaving no trace of sinew or wood whatsoever)? If so, what drove such a tiny arrowhead so deep into his shoulder such that it wouldn't be found by x-ray for 10 years?
Then are we to assume that he pulled the shaft cleanly and completely out of his own back? Or did the murderer unsuccessfully try to retrieve his own arrow (leaving the stack of 15 or so other ones there).
I am completely ignorant of the facts of this case, but I say: no shaft, no crime. Whether or not the arrow was intentionally fired at him, I doubt that it was the cause of his death (elementary, Watson!).