as a result of the disease and as we we heard dozens and dozens of people contracted it, which was way off the charts. it was an outbreak by everyone s account. what is next in this involuntary manslaughter case? reporter: i ll be back in court with mr. lyon and the director of health, the chief medical director. those are the two new defendants in this case. on monday, there are some technical things that need to be worked out. there are a handful of other defendants who will be back in there as well. we are still very early in this process. they re still talking about whether or not they will end up interviewing the governor in this. so it s mostly going to be procedural matters, but they ll be right back in court on monday morning. tell me if i m wrong here, there are dozens of cases open on this, some odd 50 i think that are involved. will this or any of them make it up to rick schneider? will it make it to the governor,
like there was going to serve justice and my friend, mr. gasser, was going to get the sentence he deserves. and do you feel right now that the manslaughter charges are sufficient or fair? adequate at all is this. honestly, i know nothing about the law. but manslaughter, i don t think this is the case here. my friend was followed, was chased down, and murdered. so i don t think this case is a manslaughter case. you know? i want to play some sound from the sheriff. this is, the sheriff defended the office s handling of the investigation saying they waited strategically for days to make the arrest because they needed to find independent witnesses. here s a snippet from the news conference he had.
the so-called anunes teffluenza. ethan couch violated his manslaughter case and fled along with his mother. the question now is what will they both face when they are brought back to texas? cnn s ed lavandara has the details. reporter: authorities are awaiting the return of ethan couch and his mother tawnya couch. they were cap thurd monday afternoon in puerto vallarta. authorities took them into custody. we are told they did not resist, they were not armed. they are now in the process of being brought back to the occupation. it s not exactly clear how long that process is going to take. but when tawnya couch arrives back here in the united states, she will be charged with interfering with the apprehension of a fugitive. that is a felony charge. she now faces up to ten years in
doubt that had been planted throughout the trial by the defense team and you had some real deficiencies in the prosecution s argument. what likely happened is they said they couldn t come together and decide on even one charge which is a little shocking to the community. we all thought it was a tough uphill battle on the manslaughter charge but misconduct, reckless endangerment and assault. the reason for this is the fundamental flaw of the case is that the premise is that we re punishing him for something he did not do. he failed to seat belt in freddie gray and failed to get medical attention. people are not used to that standard for a police officer. is there precedent for this being used in the case as important as a manslaughter case, not doing something in. it is. it s almost like the idea of a police officer having to have a different standard in all sorts of cases. keep in mind that people fundamentally trust the police
misconduct, reckless endangerment and assault. the reason for this is the fundamental flaw of the case is that the premise is that we re punishing him for something he did not do. he failed to seat belt in freddie gray and failed to get medical attention. people are not used to that standard for a police officer. is there precedent for this being used in the case as important as a manslaughter case, not doing something in. it is. it s almost like the idea of a police officer having to have a different standard in all sorts of cases. keep in mind that people fundamentally trust the police over any other citizens and over any other group. it s not a flawed concept to say that you can be punished for failing to do something especially if you, as a police officer, your entire job hinges on you being pre-active, not just reactive. william porter was the last person to hear freddie gray s