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I would argue that a 150 grain 30-06 could do something like this. That's a pretty popular deer hunting round, and I don't know that it would go through a vertebrae. Certainly wouldn't almost decapitate him. 220 grain would probably exit I think, but again it wouldn't almost decapitate him. There really isn't enough in the neck to go flying everywhere.
That's just me guessing from decades of hunting deer, elk, and bear with a 30-06. I don't do neck shots though.
I've drilled high-quality, 3/8" steel plates with 30.06. Can't say how many grains, but it looked like it was drill pressed.
There's a lot of stink around what the FBI has said, but I watched some frame-by-frame shots and his throat clearly expands, big time. Wasn't a .22, but I still can't believe a 30.06, of any load, wouldn't tear him up far worse. I'll defer to your hunting experience, all I've done is target shoot.