I think he COULD have been gang-raped, but I don't think it's likely he was. He certainly wasn't fucked to death. There just aren't enough miscreants out there who can get their cocks up for screwing a guy's bung chute to be able get a whole crowd of them together for some random boyhole-banging. On the other hand, if indeed this lad WAS cornholed, even by an entire gang of rapists, I don't see why there would need to be blood in evidence on his bum. A rectum, cherry or not, can accommodate a hard dick going in nearly as easily as it can handle the shit that goes out. In fact, 19th century medical literature observes that the anus can be dilated to the approximate diameter of a one-quart milk bottle (remember milk bottles?). I guess that kind of stretch would be sufficient to accept even one of those famous "beer can cocks". Anyway, the big questions are what exactly he died of, and whether he ended up enjoying any anal sex that might have preceded his demise.