Susan Utley, a medical examiner for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, testified late Monday afternoon about her role performing the autopsy on Carter after his body was sent to the GBI crime lab two days after his death.
Utley testified Carter suffered from swelling of brain and fluid in the lungs at the time of his death.
A toxicology exam and other tests showed the cause of death "mulit-drug intoxication," she testified.
Methadone, oxycodone and morphine were found in Carter's system by medical examiners, but there were no traces of the pills found in his stomach during the autopsy, she said.
She testified she didn't know where Carter got the oxycodone and morphine that was found in his blood after his death. She was also unable to determine when Carter took the two drugs in combination with the methadone found in his system.
After Utley's testimony ended at 6 p.m., Judge Amanda Williams adjourned the court for the day. Testimony is scheduled to being 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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