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Jeffery Briggs is accused of shooting 48-year-old victim five times during a confrontation in a driveway near Union City in January 2021

Authorities said Najir Diehl, 11, had lethal level of methanol in his system, and mother admitted giving him windshield washer fluid to drink

Autopsy showed that one of the causes of death was "parental indifference," according to criminal complaint against mother.

To the hospital, teresa told the doctors to let him go. her son, josh, watched teresa make that agonizing decision. >> she was devastated, absolutely devastated. i could see it in her face. >> hard to do? >> uh-huh. >> ray's death was referred to dr. eric vey, the medical examiner in the erie county coroner's office. >> by the time mr. kotomski got to you, antifreeze poisoning was already suspected so you were looking specifically for that? >> my job at autopsy was just to confirm the presence of the crystals in the kidney which clearly indicated he had ethylene glycol on board. >> and he had ...

In her opening statement, prosecutor emily pelphrey attacked the idea that ray killed himself. >> he was planning for his future. he loved his grandchildren. >> the doctor who treated ray in the hospital where he died testified teresa herself said ray was not suicidal. >> and she had indicated that she had not mentioned anything about feeling suicidal at that time. >> no, the state argued, this was murder. medical examiner dr. eric vey testified that antifreeze killed ray. >> he died as a result of complications of ethylene glycol toxicity. >> but exactly how antifreeze kills was critical to t...