Jury sees Ambler autopsy photos

EDIE ZUVANICH Special to the Press

AUSTIN — Jurors in the trial of ex-Williamson County deputies Zachary Camden and James Johnson, charged with the 2019 excessive force death of Javier Ambler II, heard testimony from Travis County medical examiner Dr. Keith Pinckard as the trial resumed this week.

“The cause of death is congestive heart failure and hypertensive cardiovascular disease associated with morbid obesity in combination with forcible restraint,” Pinckard said. “Because of the struggle, and restraint procedures that were happening, all the events that were occurring immediately surrounding his death, those actions were simply too much for his heart to take.”