Hijacker Murders All 43 Passengers/Crew on Commuter Flight
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The Sixth and Final Bullet That Killed a Flight
The most probable victim of that sixth and final bullet was an off-duty pilot working for PSA Douglas Arthur. When they recovered parts of the gun amongst the wreckage, they recovered part of Burke's finger still in the trigger guard. If he had shot himself, he would have not been holding onto the gun anymore. It just speaks to the amount of detail and every little thing that needs to be looked at,. Even in a situation like this where almost all your evidence is disintegrated and destroyed, there's still little clues that can be gleaned to give you a picture of how everything went down.
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