if there is neck compression with the hands this allegedly could be consensual. what the perpetrator did was accidental and then in a case like this he panics and he runs not because he killed her intentionally but accidentally. what is going to be the key to this case? are there other bruises on the body? they did not mention this. was this just a single squeezin of the neck and death or had he struck her many times before over a period of time? the actual act of murder causin