What you know, alibiers, we are going to jump into the recap of the afternoon testimony.

Day two in the Corey Richens trial, we're going to pick back up with the medical examiner.

They sent vitreous fluid from the eyes to the lab for testing, and it was negative.

Lab results from the blood did show fentanyl, but they needed more information, including testing on gastric contents to determine

if other drugs were present that wasn't detected in the blood. They also wanted to get an idea

of where the fentanyl was coming from, whether it was orally ingested or injected. At the time

of autopsy, Eric did not have a history of illicit drug use or prescription drug abuse. They looked at

his medical history from a year prior and maybe even back further. She also looked at the

medications that was brought into the morgue with Eric. The investigation report had information

about the medications they found as well as that inventory sheet.

Corey told the medical examiner that Eric had Lyme disease and wasn't feeling well before his death.

She said his chest hurt, which could have been from COVID, or he had a chronic condition due to exposure at work, working with stones. She also knew that Eric's mom died of fungal, pneumonia,

and that was something they tested for. The amount of fentanyl in the system was toxic, and obviously that was his

cause of death. Eric had heavy lungs and foamy edema. Some of that could have been caused from

CPR, but due to the large amount, she believes most of that was from the fentanyl overdose.

The manner of death couldn't be determined. She was retiring, and she felt undetermined would be best to put in

her report. And this was really smart by the state. You didn't have access to electronic information

from phones or financial documents, and she said no. So I thought that was a good thing

to throw in there, because all that tells a much bigger story. She talked to Corey several times

during the course of the investigation. Corey would call the front office and staff would fill out a

message form for her to call Corey back. She talked to Corey on April 21st and told Corey the case was ongoing.

She asked about a history of drug use with Eric and Corey said no other than THC Gummies.

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