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No, they were in a distinct pattern.
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Quite deep and severe on the radius and ulna,
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but carefully placed so as not to cause death.
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There would be substantial bleeding from a wound like that?
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Absolutely.
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Yet there was minimal blood at the crime scene.
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The victim suffered the lacerations and burning somewhere else
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and was taken to the canyon to be killed.
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But why not make it one-stop shopping?
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Transporting her alive, even a short distance,
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would increase the risk significantly.
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The tox report did show traces of chlorpromazine in her system.