Ashley Flowers

For just like a little bit of justice reform.

That I have to start a nonprofit to pay out of my own pocket to solve cold cases because we can't afford it.

Like, give me a...

break.

What should be done with our tax dollars can be done.

You can solve cases with your vote, you guys.

Just remember that.

But I will get off my soapbox and back to this autopsy report that apparently can include or exclude whatever it wants because there are no rules.

There are few rules and it's optional to follow them.

So another thing that the pathologist we consulted with pointed out was that there is at least one test result that is discussed in the ME's report that is not mentioned in the tox screen.

It's a sodium level test on fluid from Laura's eye, which apparently shows an unusually low number.

And that, he says, is something that you could see in association with freshwater fish.

drowning it's not definitive evidence of drowning the pathologist said that you could also see that in someone who like binge drinks water but it does raise the question what else was tested that might have been left out of the report all in all the pathologist said that what he can see from the reports seems to be reasonable but if he were doing the autopsy there are a few things that he would have done differently to try and get more information

He said that he would have wanted to do a detailed neuropathy examination or dissect Laura's cardiac conduction system, which Dr. Shelley says that he might have done and is just not mentioned in the file.

But, like, he doesn't remember now.

The consultant also would have wanted to do some genetic testing to see if Laura had any inherited conditions that could have caused sudden death because of a heart problem.

Like, there is this thing called long QT syndrome, which, like—

It was in the Lauren Spheer episode way back.

But that's an inherited heart disorder that can cause sudden fainting seizures or cardiac arrest, particularly when the heart beats in an irregular way, like during exercise or stress.

Now, Dr. Shelley says that he doesn't remember if the genetic testing for that was available back in 2013.