Opinion ID: 1199062
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Heading: Discovery of the killing

Text: At 4 a.m. on December 23, 1983, the fire department responded to a call from Sandra B.'s neighbor. The neighbor had been awakened by Sandra, who was crying, screaming, and knocking on the neighbor's apartment door. After entering Sandra B.'s apartment, Firefighter Gary Becks saw Sandra lying on a bed next to five-year-old James. The child was wet and wrapped in a blanket; he was dead. Sergeant Patrick McCurry testified that after defendant had been placed in the back of a police car, defendant said: I don't know what the big deal is. The kid croaked. That's all I know. Defendant's blood test (taken at 6:15 that same morning) indicated .12 micrograms per milliliter of amphetamines.