Dr Kathy Gaumer testifies Wednesday in the Matthew Jaeger Trial about the extent of he victims injuries.

Prosecutors on Wednesday afternoon rested their case against Matthew Jaeger after a surgeon described injuries that Jaeger’s ex-girlfriend had suffered.

“As far as for a nonpregnant woman, I’ve never seen anything as extensive as this type of injury,” said Dr. Kathy Gaumer, a Lawrence gynecologist.

Prosecutors allege that Jaeger, 24, a former Kansas University student, broke into a Lawrence apartment on Oct. 9, 2007, and attacked his ex-girlfriend, who is now 23. They claim he severely mutilated the external part of her vagina and pelvic region and dragged her from her apartment after he found her with another man, Dylan Jones.

Jaeger faces charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated burglary and making a criminal threat.

Jaeger’s defense attorneys have said their client found the woman injured and was only trying to help her. Police eventually stopped Jaeger’s car near Sixth and Florida streets with Jaeger and the woman in the back seat.

Jaeger’s longtime friend, Evan Carroll, was driving, and Carroll said he was confused about how to get to the hospital. Police then had an ambulance take the woman to Lawrence Memorial Hospital because she was bleeding below the waist.

Gaumer performed surgery on the woman. Jurors also viewed a graphic photo of the injuries as Gaumer explained how the woman was hurt.

The doctor said the woman suffered a blood clot near her pubic bone and two hairline lacerations on the external part of her vagina. She had to be hospitalized for 11 days.

“This is more of a blunt trauma injury,” Gaumer said.

Answering questions from defense attorney Pedro Irigonegaray, Gaumer said the woman did not suffer internal injuries to her vaginal canal.

“Her anatomical appearance returned to fully normal how long after this impact?” Irigonegaray asked.

Gaumer said it did in mid-November 2007, which is several weeks after she suffered the injury.

Another LMH doctor testified Wednesday morning about the woman’s injuries.

“I believed that she was very distraught due to the level of pain,” said Dr. Lisa Gard, an emergency room physician.

Gard testified that she identified injuries on Jaeger’s ex-girlfriend — the one in the pelvic region causing her the most pain and some red marks on both sides of her throat.

Gard said the woman told her she was choked until unconscious and said she could not recall how the injury happened to her pelvic region. Last week, the victim testified that Jaeger choked her until she was unconscious. She said she woke up later with injuries.

Gard also testified that the woman was concerned that glass might be inside her, but X-rays showed none, she said.

Also Wednesday, Karen Oyerly, a Kansas Bureau of Investigation scientist, said she discovered the woman’s DNA in blood samples taken from the apartment and from swabs on Jaeger’s hands.

Irigonegaray pointed out that Lawrence police officers did not submit samples of clothing for Jones and Carroll to the KBI for DNA testing.

Defense attorneys will begin presenting their case at 9 a.m. Thursday in Douglas County District Court.