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Spray tan murder trial underway in Florida

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    State, defense prepare to present cases

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-- sit back to this one we have opening statements under way now in the trial of a Florida man who's accused of killing his wife this is a live look.

As all of this gets underway Adam -- defense team was planning to argue.

That a bad reaction to his spray tan led to his wife's death.

But now a whole new defense is being planned in this case -- Keating is live from Miami bill.

Is the original defense still part of the -- -- Well.

Remains to be -- defense attorneys -- indicating as the months and years have gone by in this case -- medical Examiner's.

Have now suggested perhaps a less bizarre and more reasonable medical explanation as to how leaning hotly Kaufman died.

-- or as a real name full name -- she was 33 at the time.

And according to her husband -- adventure of floor real estate developer Andy Kaufman he woke up went to the restroom and found her lying on the floor.

And not -- here's the battle -- state.

-- -- -- -- Not.

Do.

A pain she even.

Recruited -- no clue.

How many more.

-- -- -- -- -- Shouldn't be an issue and more apparent that -- Now the medical examiner from Miami Dade County took a year and a half before suggesting that this was perhaps.

A murder because of evidence that he found.

Of mechanical strangulation the original offense playing here was that the -- one orange.

Brown smudge on the bathroom wall -- up -- -- the day before and that indicated there was no struggle at all.

In quite unusual in a case like this the victim's parents plan to testify for the man accused of killing their daughter right don't.

Quite unusual everybody related to this case seems to believe the husband there's no way he would ever.

Killed his wife that he had absolutely no motive for that.

So this is basically gonna come down to the testimony of doctors -- doctors that medical examiner from Miami Dade.

Vs their own medical experts that the defense has hired.

Who will be here to testify.

And key evidence for the police they say the -- appeared that he hadn't slept at the -- before and the hood of his car was still warm in the driveway.

-- interest and and he says in the tape that there are marks of some kind on her neck.

Which will -- hear more about in this -- felt thank you very much Bill -- -- another case.