EMT's testify in Widmer retrial

LEBANON, Ohio - Jurors in the Ryan Widmer murder retrial spent most of the day Thursday hearing about the intense efforts to save Sarah Widmer's life.

Two EMT's spent hours in front of the jury. They talked about many medical procedures and if Sarah's body was wet when they arrive -- the same topic that led the retrial.

Jeff Teague got on the floor of the courtroom to show jurors what was done to help the 24-year-old Hamilton Township woman on Aug. 11, 2008. He says if Sarah's body were wet, the heart monitor pads wouldn't have stuck to her skin. He would have expected to find more water on a drowning victim.

"I would have had to dry the body if it was wet and if the drowning would have been reason for the body to be wet and it wasn't wet enough for me to have to do any drying," said Teague.

Ryan Widmer's first conviction was thrown out because jurors did their own home experiments to try and figure out how long it should take a body to dry.

Teague also testified that four attempts were made to put a tube down Sarah's throat.

Widmer's defense attorney, Jay Clark, asked, "So if I am doing the math right we had two attempts in the bedroom by Mr. Stevens. Two attempts by Mr. Rose so that would be four? Correct?"

But then in an effort to discredit emergency workers, Widmer's attorneys pulled out medical records that show inconsistencies. One record shows one attempt. Another record shows five.

Defense attorneys want to convince the jury that the EMT's may have caused the injury to Sarah's neck.

Prosecutors want to show the emergency workers did nothing wrong.

Teague testified that Sarah was never dropped or bumped into walls.

An Ohio State University epilepsy doctor also testified Thursday.

"If I understand what we've talked about so far you've told us it is possible and not unlikely or in the realm of not even speculation that there's literature to support that at 24, Sarah could have had her first seizure?" a defense attorney asked.

Dr. James Layne Moore replied, "yes." However, Dr. Moore is strongly dismissing either a seizure or a chronic sleep disorder as playing a role in Sarah's death.

The jury has wrapped up for the day and will be back Friday morning.

Since the first verdict was thrown out, Widmer has been free on a $1 million bond.