IPhone Retina Screen, Digitizer, and Glass Destroyed

Hi All,
So the sad, simple, and short version of my story is that my iPhone 4 was run over by a car last night. As you can imagine, it is not in pretty shape. The glass is cracked (so bad that small shards of glass are falling out) and the Retina screen is also destroyed. By destroyed, I mean that I can see black and white lines on only part of the screen (the rest being either blank or cracked LCD fluid) signifying that the screen is still receiving power, yet no image at all (other than the black and white lines) is shown on the screen.
The phone is still capable of making phone calls, receiving emails, and playing music, but obviosuly I can not see or interact with the phone other than through voice command.
So to the question. I am fairly handy with electronics and feel that replacing the Retina display, digitizer, and front glass would not be that hard of a task. However, before I purchase a new screen, I wanted to make sure that the issues I am seeing are merely caused by a busted Retina display and digitizer, and not a broken GPU or other motherboard issues. Does anyone know how I might be able to confirm this?
Thanks in advance for the help and input.
Jordan

Verify that the iPhone connects to iTunes correctly. Verify that the battery charges normally. Verify that the Home button functions, use Voice to open an App, make sure it is closed back up by Home button. Verify that Power button works, if you can verify if it wakes from sleep or something. Verify Mute/Vibrate switch works. Verify Volume buttons work. That is all I can think of as a good start. If these all worked I'd be happy.

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