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But could choking have killed her so quickly? >> it is not a ten-or 20-or even a 30-second process. >> no, said the medical examiner. and certainly not by accident. >> and with constant pressure placed on their neck, a person will loose consciousness within 20 to 30 seconds. after that point, the constant pressure has to be maintained on the neck of an unconscious person for an additional two to two and a half minutes before that victim is dead. >> if the jury couldn't believe daniel's choking story, what would they think about this? >> in this case, chelsea's costume spoke for her. in fact, i...

It just got -- it just slipped, it got out of control? >> no, i didn't do that to her. >> or was it an accident? >> i had sex with a girl. that's it. >> it was like -- it -- for a split second, time stopped for daniel clay because now he's thinking in his head about all them lies that he just told me prior to, that he don't know her. never had contact with her, nothing, nothing. no contact with chelsea, nothing. now i'm telling him that dna was recovered on her costume, his dna. so daniel clay now has to rewind and see how he's going to cover up with lies, the lies that he's already told me. >...

>> and all those strands of evidence, said the prosecutor, from daniel clay's lies to the dna, the broken facial bones, the blood inside the torn costume added up to first-degree murder. but daniel's defense attorney russell smith countered, huh-uh, his client killed chelsea, yes, but this was no murder. >> it's a tragedy that this young lady is no longer with us, but the fact that these two people got together and one of these people passed away is not proof of murder. >> he argued it was just a horrible accident caused by choking during consensual sex. and he put on his own forensic patholog...

>> no. >> did you have intention but it just slipped, it got out of control? >> no, i didn't do that to her. >> or was it an accident? >> i had sex with a girl. that's it. >> it was like for a split second time stopped for daniel clay. because now he's thinking in his head about all them lies that he just told me prior to that he don't know her, never had contact with her. >> nothing. >> nothing. no contact with chelsea, nothing. now i'm telling him that dna was recovered on her costume, his dna. so daniel clay now has to rewind and see how he's going to cover-up with lies the lies that he's a...

Her so quickly? >> it's not even a 10 or 20 or 30 second process. >> no, said the examiner and certainly not by accident. >> and with constant pressure placed on the neck the person will lose consciousness within 20 to 30 seconds. after that point the constant pressure has to be maintained on the neck of an unconscious person for an additional 2 to 4 minutes before that victim is dead. >> if the jury couldn't believe daniel's choking story, what would they think about this? >> in this case chelsea's costume spoke for her. in fact it really shouted for her. >> the poison ivy costume, daniel had...