Ashley Flowers

With the cause of death listed as global hypoxic encephalopathy.

And they say it was due to smothering with absence of oxygen following prolonged entrapment in a sealed toy chest.

In the wrong hands, I think it would be.

But Joseph isn't going to just walk away because of an undetermined ruling.

He claims that he had to push for Grand Prairie PD to have a different detective put fresh eyes on his son's case.

And thank God he did.

And thank God they listened.

Because as part of this fresh look,

They actually decide to test the Emmy's ruling.

That whole part about lack of oxygen because he was in a sealed toy chest.

Because was it even sealed?

They know that it automatically locks if it shuts, but...

By the time of JoJo's autopsy, it doesn't seem like anyone had actually tested whether or not air could flow through when it was shut and locked.

So, like, locked versus, like, airtight.

And guess what?

They test this thing by putting a light inside.

And light shines through the cracks.

Which means if light can get through the cracks... That means air has got to be able to pass through, too.

Precisely.

So it was not sealed like the autopsy said.