“Asphyxiated, as a combat medic, that means somebody who is deprived of oxygen, doesn’t it?” “Yes.” “Why’d you use that word?” “That was what killed him.” “You didn’t say that Chief Gallagher suffocated him, did you?” Tim pointed at me. “No.” “Did Craig Miller suffocate him?” He gestured toward the door, ostensibly where Craig would be. “No.” Tim walked back to the podium and gripped it tightly. He turned away from the jury and locked eyes with Corey. “Did you suffocate him?” “Yes.”
