By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton
TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - A woman
accused of killing four people and injuring dozens more at Oklahoma
State University's Oct. 24 homecoming parade had a blood alcohol content
below the minimum level to be considered legally intoxicated, court
papers showed.
According to a brief filed on Thursday with the
Payne County District Court by defense attorney Tony Coleman, a blood
draw conducted on the day of the accident showed that 25-year-old Adacia
Chambers had a blood alcohol content of 0.01 percent.
Due to a
gag order, officials with the police department in Stillwater, Oklahoma,
said on Friday they could not comment specifically on the case or the
accuracy of the brief's contents.
In Oklahoma, the minimum blood alcohol content to be considered under the influence is 0.08 percent for those 21 and older.
Chambers'
attorney, Coleman, had filed the brief in support of a motion
requesting court funds to finance bringing in an expert witness in
psychology and accident reconstruction.
The suspect's father,
Floyd Chambers, and her attorney have said she has a history of mental
illness and sought treatment twice in recent years.
Facing
four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of assault and
battery, Chambers is due back in court on Dec. 10 and is currently being
held in lieu of $1 million bond.
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