Live Updates: Court resumes after drug testimony in Derek Chauvin trial

Testimony resumes Thursday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis officer charged in the death of George Floyd. A forensic scientist testified Wednesday that she found George Floyd's blood and pills with Floyd's DNA in the squad car where Floyd struggled with officers. 

The testimony is significant because Floyd's cause of death has been a key point of dispute at the trial. The defense has suggested Floyd, who suffered from heart disease, died of a heart arrhythmia brought on by drugs he ingested. The prosecution argues Floyd died of oxygen deprivation from being pinned down under Chauvin's knee. The jury heard testimony about the drugs from McKenzie Anderson, a crime scene leader with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, who said she photographed but didn't collect the pills when she first processed the squad car in May 2020. She also found two pills in the car Floyd was driving when she processed it at the same time. She said she re-processed the squad car at the request of the defense team in January 2021 and collected and tested the pills found in the back seat, confirming they contained Floyd's saliva.