Turner said they are trying to find a lab that will do the testing, as well as review the work done by the other two labs, to discover the reason for the discrepancy. The Texas Department of Public Safety lab was not involved, according to DPS spokesman Mike Cox. A St. Joseph Regional Health Center spokesperson directed all inquiries to Boyett. The toxicology reports show the samples taken from Self and Frampton came from vitreous fluid, which is a jellylike substance taken from the victim's eyes, not from blood. It's hard to say how stable either would be.
Alcohol can evaporate and diffuse, even between the time a person dies and when the fluid is taken.
He said vitreous fluids are hard to store even under the best of circumstances. Leo E. Linbeck Jr., the chairman of a special independent commission investigating the collapse, said commission members will wait and consider the ultimate findings from Boyett's investigation. One agency that will be interested in the toxicology results is the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which is investigating whether any alcohol laws were violated during the time leading up to the collapse. Under state law, Self was not old enough to drink alcohol. We have nothing to do with investigating the collapse itself.