my hopes up. he may be in prison for 15 years. he may be. the appeals process can take forever. in fact, as ryan widmer got processed, his case was far from over. the day after the attorney filed his motion, his fax machine spit out some shocking information. as we speak it isn t the end of thing. that s correct. the fax was a letter from a juror. he was having problems living with himself. he said it was a moral dilemma for him to allow it just to go without bringing it up to somebody s attention. the juror claimed there had been forbidden monkey business during deliberations, monkey business over nothing less than the biggest issue in the trial. damp head, dry body. he said that two or three of the female jurors had done home experiments where they had showered and air dried. they were testing out this theory of how quickly the body
choking. three, if for some reason, that didn t, the drop in oxygen would cause you to wake up. but maybe sarah hadn t fallen asleep. perhaps she had suffered a catastrophic but perfectly natural event. something to her heart, her brain. the coroner didn t find any. any evidence of heart problems? no. any evidence of brain injury or seizure? no. one of the amazing things about sarah widmer is that she had regular medical care, for a person her age, she went twice in two years for a regular physical. this is not a person who didn t have the opportunity to interact with her medical professionals. and to the coroner, the bruising he saw on sarah s neck and scalp while performing the autopsy looked ominous. the wounds significant, and not in the right spot to have been caused by the emts lifesaving efforts. the three bruises able to be seen on the right side of the scalp, another faint bruise on her forehead. she s got a significant degree of neck hemorrhage.
the appeals process can take forever. the day after the attorney filed his motion, his fax machine started humming. it was a letter from a juror. he was having problems living with himself. he said it was a moral dilemma to let it go without bringing it to somebody s attention. the juror claimed there had been forbidden monkey business during deliberations, over nothing less than the biggest issue in the trial. damp head, dry body. he said that two or three of the female jurors had done home experiments where they had showered and air dried. they were testing out this theory of how quickly the body dries coming out of the tub or shower?
ryan widmer s story didn t gibe with what he had told officers. that raised a question for the jury. is it possible that this young woman who drowned had never been in the tub in the first place? the bottom line is there would have been water everywhere. if there wasn t, it was cleaned up. if there was a cleanup, then there was something to hide. that was her murder. an expert witness for the prosecution spoke to the issue of whether a person can actually fall asleep in a bathtub and drown in a bathtub. her testimony was no, that can t happen. it would be virtually impossible for somebody without the influence of drugs or alcohol or something external to fall asleep and not wake up. so first, the sensation of water on your face would wake you up. two would be the gag reflex, water entering your airway, just choking. three, if for some reason, that
water entering your airway, just choking. three, if for some reason, that didn t, the drop in oxygen would cause you to wake up. but maybe sarah hadn t fallen asleep. perhaps she had suffered a catastrophic but perfectly natural event. something to her heart, her brain. the coroner didn t find any. any evidence of heart problems? no. any evidence of brain injury or seizure? no. one of the amazing things about sarah widmer is that she had regular medical care, for a person her age, she went twice in two years for a regular physical. this is not a person who didn t have the opportunity to interact with her medical professionals. and to the coroner, the bruising he saw on sarah s neck and scalp while performing the autopsy looked ominous. the wounds significant, and not in the right spot to have been caused by the emts lifesaving efforts. the three bruises able to be