IN THE FACE OF DEATH

FRESH DETAILS OF ENNIS COSBY'S FINAL MOMENTS POSE ADDITIONAL PUZZLES FOR A STRUGGLING PROSECUTION

Ennis Cosby wasn't just shot. His corpse, with a bullet wound in the left temple, was found face up with a split but virtually unswollen lip. That injury is telling: trauma inflicted after the heart has stopped will not cause the swelling and discoloration usually associated with blows to living flesh. The most logical conclusion, sources close to the prosecution tell TIME, is that whoever shot Bill Cosby's only son also kicked or hit the young man in the mouth. And whoever committed the crime may have done so after being offered a courtesy. Police crime-scene photos shown to TIME (which...

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