The official medical documentation provides a clear, clinical account of the actress’s injuries. Following the accident, her body was taken to a local funeral home in Louisiana, where a medical examiner evaluated the remains.
The myth was fueled by several factors. First, the Buick’s roof was sheared off, and a blonde, wig-like object could be seen tangled in the wrecked windshield. This was likely either a wig Mansfield was wearing, or her actual hair and skin, torn away as the roof peeled back. jayne mansfield autopsy report