Is There a Possible Asphyxia or Stangulation?

If she had been stabbed, most of the soft tissue is still going to be present after five days. If she had been strangled, whether manually or through a ligature, there's the possibility that they would still be seeing hemorrhaging in the strap muscles. Or what they are seeing as a result of somebody trying to muffle her cries. And so some of the evidence that they're saying could be due to suffocation, maybe also due to the abduction process.