07-13-2011, 03:54 PM
Photo of quilted snake aquarium and the baby crib shown at killer python trial in Sumter County. (Orlando Sentinel) July 12, 2011)
BUSHNELL — The pet python that strangled a 2-year-old toddler in her crib apparently tried to eat the child, a deputy medical examiner said today as testimony concluded in the unusual manslaughter trial.
The jury panel of two men and four women are expected to begin deliberating Thursday.