Woodyard's defense team introduces new forensic pathologist as witness, asked to focus on carotid hold

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Woodyard's defense team introduces new forensic pathologist as witness, asked to focus on carotid hold
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Katie joined the Denver7 team as a digital content producer in April of 2023.

Denver7 is following the second of three trials in the case of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man who died a few days after he was violently arrested by Aurora police on Aug. 24, 2019.

Officers with the Aurora Police Department responded and put McClain, who was unarmed and had not committed a crime, into a neck hold. Paramedics administered the ketamine, which officials said led to cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital. Two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics — Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper — have trials beginning Nov. 17 and 27, respectively, for charges of reckless manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and assault, plus sentence enhancers. The paramedics are accused of injecting a significant amount of ketamine into McClain, causing him to overdose.Tuesday, October 31 Woodyard's defense team introduced a new witness to the stand Tuesday. Dr.

The prosecution objected to Dr. Arnall being introduced as an expert witness because he did not specify in his report on this case which body-worn camera videoes he reviewed before tendering his opinion. When further pressed, Dr. Arnall said he could not recall specifically if he looked at the videos before or after writing his report.

The defense said it asked Dr. Arnall to specifically focus on the impact the carotid hold that Woodyard applied had on McClain's death. Dr. Arnall testified petechiae could be caused by vomiting or CPR. It's a non-specific injury to the carotid hold.

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