Is the Offender Casting Off?

Some of the injuries to Maryland's face are not up and down, like from the forehead down to the chin. Her head is turned somewhat to her right as if she's facing these doors. Spatter is going to emanate towards these doors without the offender blocking or creating a void. The cast off comes on the upward swing of the weapon. So now the cast off is coming up in that horizontal plane versus up overhead towards the ceiling.