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Ms. Toad

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18. Since the body wasn't discovered for at least 1.5 hours

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #15)

Mon Sep 14, 2020, 02:25 PM

Sep 2020

my guess is that no BAC test was done.

(The accident was at about 10:30 Saturday - the body wasn't discovered until Sunday morning - at least 1.5 hours later. My impression from the articles is that it was actual morning - not after midnight morning.)

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I would guess the spokesperson was directly asked and thought this the most innocuous response karynnj Sep 2020 #4

I see no evidence that a blood test was done. Laelth Sep 2020 #7

There is no direct statement one was done, but there was this sentence that could suggest it was karynnj Sep 2020 #8

As you say, that doesn't suggest there was a blood test. Mariana Sep 2020 #13

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I'm betting that he knew it wasn't a deer (unless he was extremely drunk): demmiblue Sep 2020 #15

Since the body wasn't discovered for at least 1.5 hours Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #18

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